Monument record 1437 - AM MARBH, BARRA

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Reputed site of battlefield, findspot of human remains

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Grid reference NL 64870 99780 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69NW 1 6487 9978.

(Name: NL 64879978) Am Marbh (Human Remains found hereabouts) (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Am Marbh "is pointed out as the scene of some bloody battle. Skeletons and bones has (sic) been dug up on various occasions. The dates are not reliably known."
Name Book 1878.

No further information was found regarding this alleged battle or any human remains found in the vicinity. Site lies on rocky ground sloping down towards Loch Tangusdale.
Visited by OS (W D J) 17 May 1965.


Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 2, 40 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 2, 40.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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