Barra, Brevig
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Barra, Brevig
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Breivig; Breibhig; Breibhig Village
Canmore ID 126135
Site Number NL69NE 59
NGR NL 6899 9890
NGR Description Centred NL 6899 9890
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note
A township comprising forty-four roofed, fourteen unroofed buildings, several enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Barra etc. 1880, sheet lxv). Sixty roofed, twenty-one unroofed buildings and several enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 June 1997.
