Monument record 1940 - CHIALL, BARRA

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Midden

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Grid reference NF 70932 06831 (point)
Map sheet NF70NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NF70NW 18 7095 0682

E9: Extensive but patchy shell midden over 200m of coast, with five or six separated layers of shell debris, with occasional charcoal and a few small sherds of coarse pottery. Probably Iron Age and possibly contemporary with NF70NW 13.
NMRS MS 595/10, 6

'Glazed 19th century ware was found in the topmost midden level.'
Branigan and Foster 2000, 11

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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