Buaile Nam Bodach, Promontory Enclosure
Promontory Fort (Bronze Age)
Site Name Buaile Nam Bodach, Promontory Enclosure
Classification Promontory Fort (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 335602
Site Number NF70SW 156
NGR NF 71191 01878
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
Field Visit
On the headland, we excavated the remains of a roughly-built stone bank which enclosed an area about 8m diameter. It was associated with a trodden peat surface from which we recovered a small quantity of flint flakes and one small blade; there was no handmade pottery from the site. It is possible that this site belongs in the neolithic era, but a somewhat similar site excavated on the south coast of the Tangaval peninsula suggest it may belong in the earlier first millennium BC.
Brannigan 2000, 5
