Monument record 581 - FUDAY

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Centred NF 73 08, report of Viking Age burials

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Grid reference NF 73000 08000 (point)
Map sheet NF70NW
Island Fuday
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NF70NW 8 centred 73 08.

There are many long-cist graves, possibly Viking, on the Isle of Fuday, called 'graves of the Lochlannaich', the islanders' name for the Norseman.
A Goodrich-Freer 1897-1900.

No trace of these graves could be found. Fuday is depopulated and no further information was obtained.
Visited by OS (R B) 26 May 1965.


A Goodrich-Freer, 1897-1900, Saga Book Viking Club, Vol. 2, 62 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12874.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: A Goodrich-Freer. 1897-1900. Saga Book Viking Club. 2. 51-74. Vol. 2, 62.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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