Monument record 1949 - MACPHEE'S HILL, MINGULAY

Summary

Cairn, heavily grassed with flattened top

Location

Grid reference NL 57080 84140 (point)
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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- 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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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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