Monument record 2026 - AM MEALL, VATERSAY

NL69SW 45 6467 9462

VS 26: heavily robbed and grasssed over remains of house 6m square. Doorway possibly on N, facing sea. Jetty nearby.
NMRS MS/595/7, 9

4. Vatersay Bay (VS 26)
Foundations of a rectangular stone founded building, 8.5 x 6m, with possible entrance in the north (long) wall facing the sea. Traces of an enclosure (possibly no more than a fence line) around the house. Small jetty to the NW.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 44

VN26 (NL647946) Foundations of a rectangular stone founded building, 8.5 x 6m, with possible entrance in the north (long) wall facing the sea. Traces of an enclosure (possibly no more than a fence line) around the house. Small jetty to the NW.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 51

Site is as described by B & F above, heavily waterlogged. The remains of the small stone jetty are in a ruinous condition due to storm damage. The 6" 1st ed Ordinance Survey map sheet depicts a rectangular roofed structure within a small enclosure, bounded by the coast to the north, a trackway is shown heading west to connect with the settlement at Cuier.
KM 21/02/2023

Keith Branigan & John Grattan, 1998, Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay (Bibliographic reference). SWE41024.

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.