Monument record 2118 - CORNAIG BAY, VATERSAY

NL69NW 100 6328 9669

VN38: Thick-walled circular hut with a second smaller oval structure appended to the E. The larger hut is 4.9m diameter overall, but only 2.3m internally; the second structure, which seems to succeed the first, is 4.2 x 3.6m overall, and 2.2 x 1.6m internally, with a door to the E. Within the larger structure is a small recent shelter, whilst there are traces of an earlier circular structure showing around the outside of the wall on the N. The site may thus have four phases, the last of which is recent.
The two huts are similar in size and construction to those (NL79NW 7.15 and 7.16) at Allt Chrisal which were shown to be of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date; a similar prehistoric date appears probable.
NMRS, MS/595/11.

51. Cornaig Bay (VN38)
Stone and earth-walled circular hut, 4.9m dia,partly overlain by a second hut, 4.2 x 3.6m, which has a door to th eeat. There is a recent small shelter (type B) inside the larger hut. There appear to be traces of a fourth structure underlying the larger hut (FS.18)
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 41

VN38 (NL632967) Thick-walled circular hut with a second slightly smaller oval structure appended to the east. The larger hut is 4.9 m diam. overall, but only 2.3 m internally; the second structure, which seems to succeed the first, is 4.2 x 3.6 m overall and 2.2 x 1.6 m internally with a door to the east. Within the larger structure is a small recent shelter, while there are traces of an earlier circular structure showing around the outside of the wall on the north side. The site may thus have four phases, the last of which is recent.

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.