Monument record 1407 - SKIPISDALE, MINGULAY

Summary

Rectangular platform, & rectangular enclosure

Location

Grid reference NL 55750 81650 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NL58SE 23 5575 8165 to 5563 8163

(i) Rectangular platform of massive construction, 2.4m by 3.4m.
(ii) Rectangular enclosure of massive construction about 2.1m by 3.0m enclosed by several vertical orthostats; small extension to W.
Visited by OS 30 August 1973.

MY42 (NL55768166) Setting.
Location: Valley floor.
Description: Rectangular, 2.5 x 2.1 m, setting of large slabs that may represent the robbed-out remains of a monument of considerable size.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 100


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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

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