Monument record 1514 - CHIALL, BARRA

Summary

Possible farmstead

Location

Grid reference NF 70950 06520 (point)
Map sheet NF70NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF70NW 15 7095 0652

E6: A farm site ? A group of three, possibly four, building platforms, two rectangular and two oval, on promontory facing Orosay.
NMRS MS 595/10, 6

NB to check because must be a mistake given NGR, but E6 also entered as:

'E6 (NF705066) A low but substantial mound c. 50m east-west and 40 m north-south, on which rabbit disturbance has produced 20 sherds of reddish-brown gritty handmade pottery, similar to that found on midden site E17'
Branigan and Foster 2000, 11.


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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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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