Monument record 1689 - RUBHA NA H-ACAIRSEID, BARRA

Summary

Two rectangular buildings

Location

Grid reference NF 73450 01180 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF70SW 26 7334 0141

A12: An unusual building, 9 x 4.3m, the stone walls lining a 1m deep cutting in the top of a low mound. Possible internal cross-wall.
NMRS MS 595/7, 5

[NB This record was originally entered as SMR 1690 CSB 8/3/2001].

67.Bruernish
Site Type:Uncertain
A shallow,flat-bottomed,rectangular pit,9 x 4.3m,has been cut into the top of a low hillock and with a roughly built stone wall.It appears to be the foundation of a building,but the wall has no real width and any superstructure ,may therefore have been timber or turf.
Branigan and Grattan. p.18.
[NB This record was originall SMR 8545. CSB 8/3/2001].

Also in Branigan and Foster 2000, 12.


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 12 (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5. 12.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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