Monument record 1532 - CORNAIG BAY, VATERSAY

Summary

Building

Location

Grid reference NL 63420 96630 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

NL69NW 102 6342 9663

VN 40: (NB grid reference given at NL 6342 9668 is below the high water mark ?).
A boulder-built almost square building 13.8 x 12m, standing to a maximum height of 1.75m. There is a door at the E, and the rear of the single room is divided into two 'stalls', 6.5m and 3.5m wide respectively by a wall projecting from the back wall. Close to the high water mark but under no immediate threat.
NMRS MS/595/11, 2

49. Cornaig Bay (VN40)
Stone-walled building, 13.8 x 12m, standing up to 1.75m. there is a door in the short east wall, and a short partition on the west wall dividing the west end into two 'stalls'.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 41

VN40 (NL634966) A boulder-built almost square building, 13.8 x 12 m, standing to a max. height of 1.75 m. There is a door at the east, and the rear of the single room is divided into two 'stalls', 6.5 m and 3.5 m wide respectively, by a wall projecting from the back wall.

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 42


Keith Branigan & John Grattan, 1998, Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay (Bibliographic reference). SWE41024.

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: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
  • --- 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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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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