Monument record 1544 - GUARSAY MOR, MINGULAY
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 55050 84090 (point) |
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Map sheet | NL58SE |
Island | Mingulay |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
NL58SE 74 5505 8409
MY60. Sub-rectangular structure, possibly a burial site, 5x2m, outlined in stone except for rear side. Slightly mounded earthern interior except for N quarter where peat deflation has reduced the contents. Severe weathering has attacked the N stonework and some has become displaced with deflating peat holes advancing into the structure.
K Branigan 1993; NMRS, MSS. 595/9 and 595/10.
MY60 (NL55038410) Peat dryer.
Location: Cliff plateau.
Description: Subrectangular, 5 x 2 m, single cell with slight mound edged with stones, but front end has been eroded away. At the rear open end the mound merges into the hill-slope.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 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.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM