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Barra, Borve
Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Barra, Borve
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balnacraig
Canmore ID 126029
Site Number NF60SE 43
NGR NF 667 012
NGR Description centred on NF 667 012
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/126029
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF60SE 43 centred on 667 012
A crofting township comprising seventy-one roofed and eleven unroofed buildings, and an extensive field-system to the E are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Barra etc. 1880, sheet lxiv). Thirty roofed, three partially roofed, fourteen unroofed buildings and the fragmentary remains of the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 June 1997
NF 66 04 (centre) Field survey in four townships on Barra revealed a further 100 sites and monuments, including several clusters of blackhouses with byres, drying sheds, and enclosed garden plots. Five further prehistoric hut circles were identified, plus five medieval shielings which appear to overlie earlier sites. A stone ring, 23m diameter, with ten surviving stones in situ, was found overlooking Northbay, and a damaged and modified small chambered tomb, apparently of the Shetland heeled cairn variety, was also noted.
Sponsor: University of Sheffield.
K Branigan 1998
