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Barra, Chiall

Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Barra, Chiall

Classification Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 83581

Site Number NF70NW 14

NGR NF 7070 0644

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Barra
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Field Visit (1993)

A shallow shell midden above a fossil soil and alongside an old trackway. No pottery seen, but stratigraphic position suggests it is relatively recent.

MS 595/10, 6; MS 968/14, 9.

Branigan and Grattan

Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1998

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