Monument record 1545 - GUARSAY MOR, MINGULAY
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 55030 84090 (point) |
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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)
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM