Monument record 1647 - RUBHA LIATH, BARRA

NF70SW 13 7162 0058

L7: A substantial balckhouse, 10.3 x 5m, with clear traces of internal stone lined partitions. There is an interesting complex of lazy-bedded cultivation plots and remains of a small outbuilding to the W.
Storm waves have ripped out the NE corner and part of the S wall of this balckhouse.
NMRS MS/595/7, 3

84. Rubha Liath (L7)
Site Type: blackhouse
Thick-walled oblong building, 10.3 x 5 m, eroding at the seaward side. The door appears to have been towards one end of the south wall but this is uncertain. There are flimsy secondary partitions inside dividing the area into four 'pens'.
Three raised areas of lazy-bedding are situated to the west of the site, flanked by drainage ditches. (PL.2B)
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.