Monument record 1500 - EARSARY, BARRA

Summary

House

Location

Grid reference NF 71130 00380 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF70SW 10 7113 0038

L4: Stone-built house, 7.65 x 5.5m, with 1m wide entrance at SE corner, facing the sea. Two small secondary stone structures built into the NE and SW corners.
NMRS MS/595/7, 3

87. Rubha Liath (L4)
Site Type: blackhouse
Thick-walled oblong building, 7.65 x 5.5 m, with door in south wall. Two late flimsy 'pens' built into the NE and SW corners.
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 20.

Also in 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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
  • --- 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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