Monument record 2088 - GOIRTEIN, BARRA

Summary

Possible Atlantic round house, Iron Age pottery

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Grid reference NL 63400 97900 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69NW 18 634 979

T118: A pronounced earthern mound, about 8.5m diameter as seen on surface, overlain by lazy-bedding. Two small sherds of handmade pottery (apparently of IA type) were recovered from a rabbit burrow. Appears to be a long-buried feature or structure; size and position suggest a tentative identification as a roundhouse of some sort.
K Branigan and P Foster 1995.


K. Brannigan & P. Foster, 1995, Barra: archaeological research on Ben Tangaval from the end of the Ice Age to the Crofting Commissio, 40, 203, 204 (Bibliographic reference). SWE33223.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: K. Brannigan & P. Foster. 1995. Barra: archaeological research on Ben Tangaval from the end of the Ice Age to the Crofting Commissio. 40, 203, 204.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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