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Eoligarry; Mingulay, Coastal Erosion Survey
Date 1993
Event ID 577582
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/577582
Coastal erosion survey on Barra was completed and a total of fifty-seven sites and monuments recorded in the 50m corridor from Ardveenish through Eoligarry to Traigh Eias. Most were post-medieval but notable sites included a large and deep shell midden with stone structures on Orosay (NF 7120 0632), almost certainly prehistoric, and a stone ring at NF 6949 0962. This is similar in form, construction and location to a site sample-excavated on the Tangaval peninsula, Barra, in 1992 and C14 dated to the 7th century BC. On Mingulay, almost fifty sites were recorded in thenorthern half of the island (100m corridor) including twelve sub-rectangular cairns and eleven kerbed circular cairns. Iron Age sites are noticeably scarce on the island on present evidence.
K Branigan, 1993
