Monument record 1498 - EARSARY, BARRA

NF70SW 8 708 002

L2: NF 7085 0028 Remains of small blackhouse, 7 x 3m, with last surviving course of 1m wide wall.
To N, at NF 7085 0030 is a small rectangular hut (L1) measuring 4.6m x 2.1m, constructed of three stone walls against a large rock: probably a store.
NMRS MS/595/7, 3

89. Rubha Liath (L2)
Site Type: outbuilding
Turf and stone thick-walled oblong building, 7 x 3 m, with trace of integral partition wall dividing the interior into two rooms, 2.5 m and 1.8 m wide. The door must have been in the south wall, which has been entirely eroded away.

90. Rubha Liath (L1)
Site Type: lean-to store
Turf and stone structure, 4.6 x 2.1 m, comprised of three built walls built against a large slab of rock which forms the fourth wall. The narrow doorway is in the north end.
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 21.

L1* (NF 708003) Small rectangular hut...probably a fisherman's store.

L2* (NF708003) Remains of small blackhouse, 7 x 3 m, with last surviving course of 1 m wide wall.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 17.

Keith Branigan & John Grattan, 1998, Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay (Bibliographic reference). SWE41024.

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