Monument record 1589 - LEAC A' LANGICH, BERNERAY

Summary

Shieling

Location

Grid reference NL 56230 80530 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NL58SE 33 5623 8053

BY3. Small, well-preserved circular stone hut of internal diameter 1m; the walls are up to 1.4m thick. The wall that encloses NL58SE 32 abuts the hut on both E and W, and appears to incorporate the hut into the enclosure circuit.
P Foster 1992; NMRS, MS/595/7.

BY3: Shelter. Bottom of coastal hill-slope. Circular, diam. 3.8m, single cell with 1.4m thich stone faced earthen walls standing 0.5-0.75m high. Entrance to south-west. Enclosure wall butts to rear wall.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 132


P Foster, 1992a, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 88 (Bibliographic reference). SWE25420.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: P Foster. 1992a. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 88. 88.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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