Monument record 1781 - CARAGRICH POINT, VATERSAY

Summary

Building

Location

Grid reference NL 65759 96158 (point)
Map sheet NL69NE
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NL69NE 13 6572 9618

VN132: Two adjacent stone buildings, each with walls 0.6m wide. A) 4 x 3.5m with door in SE corner B) 5 x 4m no doorway seen in remaining portion but badly damaged at the S end. On a ledge only 5m from and 4m above, the sea. (grid reference given falls in sea).
NMRS MS 595/11, 5

41: Uidh (VN132)
Two thin-walled stone buildings, one 5 x 4m with an entrance probably in its short southern wall, the other 4 x 3.5m with a door in one corner.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 40

VN132 (NL657962) Two adjacent stone buildings, each with walls 0.6 m wide. A 4 x 3.5 m with door in south-east corner. B 5 x 4 m, no doorway seen in remaining portion but badly damaged at the south end.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 47


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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
  • --- 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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