Monument record 2054 - CORNAIG BAY, VATERSAY

Summary

Heavily embedded hut or shelter

Location

Grid reference NL 63400 96640 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NL69NW 104 6340 9664

VN 42: (NB: grid reference given at NL 6340 9666 falls in the sea ?)
Heavily embedded and partly destroyed oval hut or shelter, 3.5 x 3.1m, marked out by a single discontinuos row of stone blocks and a low grassed bank. The site is close to the high water mark but under no immediate threat.
NMRS MS/595/11, 2-3

50: Cornaig Bay (VN42)
Heavily embedded and partly destroyed oval stone setting or structure, 3.5 x 3.1m.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 41

VN42 (NL634967) Heavily embedded and partly destroyed oval hut or shelter, 3.5 x 3.1 m, marked out by a single discontinuous row of stone blocks and a low grassed bank.

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.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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