Monument record 2003 - AIRD PABBACH, SANDRAY

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Low grassed mound, traces of walling and internal features. Possible wheelhouse

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Grid reference NL 64090 90660 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69NE 26 6409 9066

SY 41: Low grassed mound with traces of walling around perimeter, and traces of internal features. Has some appearance of a wheelhouse, 9m diameter.
NMRS MS 595/6, 11

SY41 (NL64079066) Wheelhouse (Iron Age).
Location: Coastal valley floor.
Description: Circular, 9 m diam., with internal radial divisions set on large grassy platform. Located close to a stream that originates in Loch na Culice, the site is within one of the early modern settlement areas and therefore liable to extensive stone robbing.
Note: Iron Age pottery sherd found in rabbit burrow.
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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