Monument record 1709 - BY13, LEAC NA' FEALLA, BERNERAY

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Shelter or shieling

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Grid reference NL 55770 80570 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SE 39 5577 8057

BY13. Circular shepherd's shelter (2.2m diameter) built against the face of a relict wall. Stones mostly well-bedded, but loose tumble.
P Foster 1992; NMRS, MS/595/7.

BY13: Shelter. Bottom of coastal hill-slope. Circular, diam 2.2m, single-cell stone ring-wall with entrance to the east. Set against enclosure 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.

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  • --- 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.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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