Monument record 1557 - AIRD PABBACH, SANDRAY

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Platform and cairn

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Grid reference NL 63160 91520 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69SW 24 6316 9152

SY 37: Stone-revetted platform with a 4m diameter well-embedded stone cairn.
NMRS MS 595/6, 10

SY37 (NL63229148) Complex of cairn and platform.
Location: High knoll on valley floor.
Description: Curved platform with cairn mound at eastern side.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 71

SY37a (NL63229148) Cairn.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular 4 m diam. Mound of grassed over stones.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 71

SY37b (NL63229148) Platform.
Location: As above.
Description: Ovoid, 8 m diam., platform defined by stones set around leading edge..
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 71


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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