Monument record 1836 - GUARSAY MOR, MINGULAY

Summary

Rectangular cairn

Location

Grid reference NL 55050 84060 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NL58SE 73 5505 8406

MY59. Rectangular cairn, 5x2m, with stones set around three sides and area within slightly mounded.
K Branigan 1993; NMRS, MS/595/10.

MY59 (NL55058407) Peat dryer.
Location: Cliff plateau.
Description: Subrectangular, 5 x 2 m, single cell, slight mound edged with stones except at open end where the mound merges with the hill-slope.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 100-101


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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