Monument record 1986 - SHEADER, SANDRAY

NL69SW 18 630 920

SY 16: NL 6299 9204 Stone cairn 3m diameter, with some stones set upright. The remains of a second, much eroded cairn (SY 17) are situated to SE, at NL 6304 9195: probably field clearance. Also, at NL 6302 9203 is an oblong setting of small orthostats (SY 18) 2 x 0.75m, possibly a cist or 'kelp oven'.
NMRS MS 595/6, 10

SY16 (NL62999205) Complex of cairn and chamber tomb.
Location: On Sheader point peninsula.
Description: Combination of a possible chamber tomb and later stone cairn.
Note: Erosion down to bedrock in places.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 68

SY16a (NL62999205) Cairn.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular 3 m diam. stone cairn mound at the south-eastern point of the chamber SY16b.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 68

SY16b (NL62999205) Chamber tomb.
Location: As above.
Description: Trapezoidal-shaped structure of large orthostats loosely forming a chamber of c. 4 x 2.5 m orientated north-west-south-east.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

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