Monument record 1502 - RUBHA LIATH, BARRA
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 71690 00380 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF70SW |
Island | Barra |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NF70SW 12 7169 0038
L6: An unusual blackhouse, 8.3 x 5.1m, with two opposing doorways in the long (E and W) walls, and a narrow second room at the S end entered by a door midway along the partition wall.
NMRS MS/595/7, 3
85. Rubha Liath (L6)
Site Type: outbuilding
Thick-walled oblong building, 8.3 x 5.1 m, with opposing doors in the east and west walls, and two short projecting walls dividing off a narrow room at the south end. The wall is built mainly of stones rather than having an earth core.
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)
- --- SWE41024 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
- --- SWE41033 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM