Monument record 1766 - AIRD RUBHA MOR, BARRA

NL69NE 19 6975 9821

S2 Turf and stone wall enclosing a small headland, with stone faceing on outer side. Within the enclosed area (75m x 35m) there are clear traces of lazy-beds; the wall is intended to keep sheep out of the enclosure. Immediately adjacent to the sea and eroding at the sea's edge.
NMRS MS 595/6, 3

10. Bervig Bay (S2)
Site type: enclosure wall
A stone and earth bank 2m wide enclosing two sides of an area 74 x 36 m, the remaining sides being bounded by the sea. This area is lazy-bedded in two directions. The bank is eroding into the sea at its ends, and the section reveals that this is a carefully constructed 'sheep wall' with a vertical stone wall 0.75 m high on the outside face and a sloping bank on the inside.
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 23

Also in Branigan and Foster 2000, 19

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.