Monument record 2102 - CUIALACHBEG, BARRA

Summary

Boat shaped stone setting

Location

Grid reference NL 62500 99500 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

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Full Description

NL69NW 76 625 995

T188: Boat-shaped stone setting, 5 x 3m, oriented N-S with'prow' to S. Heavily overgrown and embedded.
K Branigan and P Foster 1995.

50.Breetadale
Site Type:Boat shaped setting
With prow to south and flat stern to north.The stern ,the visible prow stone,and three of the side stones are set upright.The structure appears ancient rather than modern.
Branigan and Grattan p.30.


K. Brannigan & P. Foster, 1995, Barra: archaeological research on Ben Tangaval from the end of the Ice Age to the Crofting Commissio, 46, 204 (Bibliographic reference). SWE33223.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: K. Brannigan & P. Foster. 1995. Barra: archaeological research on Ben Tangaval from the end of the Ice Age to the Crofting Commissio. 46, 204.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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