Monument record 1706 - MULLACH A' LUSGAN, BERNERAY

Summary

Mound, possible megalithic cist

Location

Grid reference NL 55770 79800 (point)
Map sheet NL57NE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

NL57NE 2 5577 7980

BY25. Megalithic cist? Small grassed mound (2m diameter) with stones embedded around edge, two set upright and one large (1.25m) slab lying across the interior.
P Foster 1992; NMRS, MS/595/7.

BY25: Chamber tomb. On plateau slope south of Muliach a Lusgan. Several upright stones set on a low oval mound suggest a possible original chamber of 2.5 x 2 m. A single large slab of 1.25m length appears out of place, diagonally situated pointing into the centre of the chamber.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 135


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.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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