Monument record 1949 - MACPHEE'S HILL, MINGULAY
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 57080 84140 (point) |
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Map sheet | NL58SE |
Island | Mingulay |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NL58SE 53 5708 8414
MY14. Cairn, 3.5m diameter, heavily grassed-over and with flattened top.
K Branigan 1993: NMRS, MS/595/10.
MY14. Complex of cairn and mound. Location; shelf on stepped coastal hillside. Description: An earthen mound, slightly hollowed, with a few stones around the summit, appears to have a small ring of stones set on the east side. Note: The shelf is grassy, but bedrock is being exposed.
My14a. Cairn. Location as above. Description: circular partly surviving stone ring, diam. 1m, on flattened side of mound.
MY14b. Location As above. Description Circular mound, diam. 3m, of grassed-over earth with some scattered stone around the flattened, slightly hollowed summit.
Brannigan & Foster, 2000, 98
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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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM