Monument record 1775 - AIRD MHOR, BARRA

Summary

Black house

Location

Grid reference NF 71050 04210 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF70SW 88 7105 0421

A80: Blackhouse, 8.5 x 4.8m, with door on E. Internal partitions, and robbing of W wall opposite door create impression of two small structures facing each other across a tiny central yard, but this is unlikely.
NMRS MS 595/10, 4

5.Ard Mhor
Site Type:Modified blackhouse ?
It has a door in its east wall,and may have a second in the west wall.There is a secondary wall,projecting into the main room from immediately alongside the door, and a rubble lambing pen built into the south-west corner.
Branigan and Grattan p12.

A80 (NF711042) Rectangular thick-walled building, 8.5 x 4.8 m, its walls varying between 1 m and 1.3 m in width...A modified 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.

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.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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