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Sgeir A' Chlogaid, Vatersay

Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Sgeir A' Chlogaid, Vatersay

Classification Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 335608

Site Number NL69SW 92

NGR NL 64897 94072

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

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3. Sgeir a' Chlogaid (VS66)

An earth and stone wall or bank, about 1m wide and surviving to 0.7m height, closing off a small promontory. There are no visible traces of structures or occupation on the promontory and the wall/bank is not substantial enough to have been for defensive purposes. The promontory was probably used as a sheep pen.

Brannigan and Grattan 1998, 44

Regardless of whether this was latterly used as a sheep pen, excavation and survey evidence from the rest of the archipelago suggests that this was probably originally a prehistoric site. MML 15.11.2000

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