Monument record 1950 - MACPHEE'S HILL, MINGULAY

Summary

Large, grassed over mound, probable cairn

Location

Grid reference NL 57150 84100 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NL58SE 54 5715 8410

MY15. Cairn. Grassed-over mound (3.5 x 2.5m) with large blocks of stone visible around parts of the periphery.
K Branigan 1993: NMRS, MS/595/10.

MY17. Cairn. Location: Shelf on stepped coastal hillside. Description: Oval, 3 x 2m, mound with scattered stone.
Brannigan & Foster 2000, 98

nb - the identification numbers above do not agree, but the first entry is probably an NMRS mistake, as the descriptions are close MML 18.4.2001


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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