Monument record 1461 - RUBHA DOMHAIN, MINGULAY

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Fank or shelter

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Grid reference NL 57320 83760 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SE 47 5732 8376

MY8. Semi-circular enclosure or pen, 6 x 3m, built against rock face on shelf above cliff; the wall is mainly marked out by a single row of stones, but in places is two stones wide.
K Branigan 1993; NMRS, MS/595/10.

MY8 (NL57318375) enclosure.
Location: Grassy shelf on stepped coastal cliff.
Description: Long curved wall, 6 x 3 m, butted against rock face.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 97


K Branigan, 1993b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 109 (Bibliographic reference). SWE28576.

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: K Branigan. 1993b. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 109. 109.
  • --- 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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