Monument record 2115 - GOIRTEIN, BARRA

Summary

Grassed mound, probable structure

Location

Grid reference NL 63310 98250 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NL69NW 41 6331 9825

T146: Grassed mound with much stone, very embedded, damaged and robbed. There may be the remains of a circular shelter of type C here, but the quantity of stone and the size of the mound suggest that a larger monument, perhaps an oval hut, may underlie it.
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, 43, 204 fig. 6.6 (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. 43, 204 fig. 6.6.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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