Monument record 658 - LOCH A' BHARP, NORTH LOCHBOISDALE, SOUTH UIST

NF72SE 2 7774 2147.

(NF 7774 2147) Barp (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

A chambered cairn at Loch a' Bharp lies on a low ridge of rock and is 19ft high, surrounded by a peristalith of upright stones, 85 to 90ft in diameter. The south side of the cairn has been robbed and disturbed and the material is spread for 30ft beyond the line of the peristalith. Traces of foundations of small buildings can be seen in this spread , which may be partly an original feature. The entrance faces east of south and theoval chamber is 7ft to the north. The south end appears to have been converted into a wheelhouse (Information from R W Feachem)
A S Henshall 1972; R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1928.

The chambered cairn is as described by previous authorities. No wheelhouse is evident (Information from R W Feachem); the structures at the south end are shielings,of which about nine surround the base of the cairn.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 May 1965.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 114, No. 387 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

R W Feachem, 1963b, A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland, 60 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2141.

A. Henshall, 1972a, The Chambered Tombs of Scotland, 47-9, 520 (Bibliographic reference). SWE3275.