Monument record 1974 - LEANISH, BARRA

NL79NW 3 7031 9880

S14: A rectangular 'blackhouse' 10.3 x 5.5 m overall, with walls up to 1.5 m wide at base. The door is on the E side, and opposite the door is a partition wall which divides the house into two rooms. The walls survive up to four courses high in places. Situated next to the shore line and the SE corner of the house is being eroded.
NMRS MS/595/7, 2

4. Leanish (S14)
Site type: blackhouse
[as above]
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 22

Also in Branigan and Foster 2000, 20

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.