Monument record 1523 - AIRD MHOR, BARRA

NF70SW 80 7210 0372

A72: Blackhouse, 12 x 7.5m, with annexe 4.5 x 6.5m at S end. Traces of internal partition in main house. Tidal erosion reaches within 3m of the annexe wall.
NMRS MS 595/10, 3

13.Ard Mhor
Site Type:Blackhouse
There is a stump of a possible original partition wall to the left of the door in the east wall. Later rubble built walls forming lambing pens are in the north east and south west corners. A byre, 6.5 by 4.5 m overall, has been added to the south end of the building, with a door at its north-east corner.

A72 (NF721037) A rectangular thick-walled building, 12 x 7.5 m, with walls 1.6 m at their widest. There is the stump of a possible original partition wall to the left of the door in the east wall. Later rubble-built walls forming lambing pens are in the north-east and south-west corners. A byre, 6.5 x 4.5 m overall, has been added to the south end of the building, with a door at its north-east corner. Blackhouse.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 14

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