Monument record 2123 - GOIRTEIN, BARRA

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Hut circle and later shieling

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Grid reference NL 63200 98200 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL69NW 52 632 982

T160: A thick circular wall (external diameter c. 10m), deeply embedded and partly robbed. An oblong secondary structure (possibly a collapsed shelter or a cairn) sits inside the N half. A probable roundhouse.
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, 203, 204 fig. 3.9 (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. 43, 203, 204 fig. 3.9.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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