Monument record 1574 - MEANISH, SANDRAY

Summary

Cist

Location

Grid reference NL 65440 90940 (point)
Map sheet NL69SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NL69SE 7 6544 9094

SY 52: Small cist, 1.75 x 0.5m, with upright stone at E end.
NMRS MS/595/6, 11

SY52 (NL65439097) Cairn.
Location: On neck of Meanish peninsula on blown sand soil.
Description: Slightly mounded hollow oval, 1.7 x 0.5 m, setting of stones orientated north-east to south-west with a 'heel' stone at the south-west and a curved 'bow' to the opposite north-east end.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 72


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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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