Monument record 1833 - GUARSAY BEAG, MINGULAY

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Rectangular shelter, probable sheiling

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Grid reference NL 55200 84440 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SE 70 5520 8444

MY56. Rectangular shelter, 6x3m, well built of rocks and boulders against a rockface.
K Branigan 1993; NMRS, MSS. 595/9 and 595/10.

MY56 (NL55188444) Shelter.
Location: Promontory cliff.
Description: Subrectangular, 6 x 3 m, single cell of large blocks of stone denuded of soil.
Note: Active erosion threat.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 100


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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  • --- 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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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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