Monument record 1545 - GUARSAY MOR, MINGULAY

Summary

Cairn

Location

Grid reference NL 55030 84090 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NL58SE 75 5503 8409

MY61. Rectangular cairn, 5x2m, with stones set around three sides, the largest being at the E end. The earth inside is slightly mounded.
K Branigan 1993; NMRS, MS/595/10.

MY61 (NL55068410) Peat dryer.
Location: Cliff plateau.
Description: Subrectangular, 5 x 2 m, single cell with facade at one end, opposite open end where the slight mound merges into the hill-slope. The mound is hollowed in the centre.
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.

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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