Monument record 1991 - SHEADER, SANDRAY

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Irregular setting of five vertical stone slabs on natural mound

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Grid reference NL 63340 92460 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69SW 12 6334 9246

SY 6: Irregular setting if five vertical stone slabs, on a prominent natural mound.
NMRS MS/595/6, 9

SY6 (NL63349246) Shelter.
Location: Coastal valley floor.
Description: Circular 4 m diam. Low yet prominent mound surmounted by a single cell shelter built of several large stone slabs, up to 1 m in size, occasionally set on edge, at irregular intervals around the perimeter.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 67


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

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  • --- 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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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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