Monument record 538 - LOCH AN DUIN, BARRA

NF60SE 25 6959 0326

One unroofed and three roofed buildings, one of which is annotated as a Corn Mill, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Barra 1881, sheet lxiii). Two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 June 1997

L26 (NF696032) Partly standing building and associated structures. Mill building, with east wall standing to full height. Internal 9 x 4.6 m. Walls of large boulders form two conduits approaching building from the south (upslope and loch). To the west of the mill building is an oblong structure 12.5 x 6.1 m, apparently divided into two rooms, the smaller of which at the north end is only 2.5 m wide. Each room has its own, east-facing doorway. West of this building is a small rectangular thick-walled structure 2.3 x 2.8 m seemingly open on the north side.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 18.

[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only, so inaccurate. CSB 22/03/01].

NB this is an estate mill, with a vertical wheel
MML 31.5.06

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 18 (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.