Monument record 6917 - Bagh an Acair

Summary

Structure

Location

Grid reference NF 77274 74344 (point)
Map sheet NF77SE
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

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Full Description

Rectangular building with rounded corners, orientated NE-SW., measuring 10m by 3.5m within double-faced boulder walls with a turf and rubble core, 0.7m wide and up to 0.7m high; an entrance lies towards the NE end of the SE wall; featureless interior; building is respected by cultivation rigs V127, and is abutted on either side by wall V100 - a wall up to 1m high and of poor quality masonry crosses the interior 3m from its SW end and appears to be blocking associated with wall V100 - the decaying structure probably created a breach in the wall encircling Garry Iochdrach.
Dunwell 1997


Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document). SWE41015.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Dunwell. 1998. Vallay Strand Project 1995-7.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Mar 23 2000 12:00AM

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