Monument record 1703 - BY9, LEAC NA' FEALLA, BERNERAY

Summary

Probable clearance cairn

Location

Grid reference NL 55860 80570 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NL58SE 37.01 5586 8057

BY9. A stone cairn or setting, on hump of bedrock near the centre of the enclosure NY58SE 37.00. Overall length 2m; the largest stone is 1.6m long, and many stones set upright.
P Foster 1992; NMRS, MS/595/7.

BY9. cairn (clearance). Bottom coastal hill-slope. Pile of stones, diam. 2m, on mound, many large, up to 1.6m in size set upright. Within BY8.
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 (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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