Monument record 1402 - BY19, Barra Head Lighthouse, BERNERAY, Barra
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NL 55200 80100 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NL58SE |
| Island | Berneray, Barra |
| Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NL58SE 19 5520 8010
Relatively modern, about 100 years old, containing the recent inhumations of the children of the lighthouse keeper and the engineer.
Visited by OS 18 May 1965.
BY19. Small 19th-century burial-ground.
NMRS MS/595/7.
BY19: Burial ground (modern). Cliff-top. Circular, diam 10m, 19th century cemetery consisting of a high circular wall of quarried and dressed stone mortared with cement. Located on the south cliff edge within the outer lighthouse field enclosure. Entrance is via a small wooden gate (now almost rotted away) on the eastern side. Inside several memorial wall plaques in poor condition have fallen from the walls. Constructed specifically for the Protestant lighthouse keepers and their dependants.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 134
Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41033 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
