Monument record 1775 - AIRD MHOR, BARRA
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 71050 04210 (point) |
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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)
- --- SWE41033 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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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM