Barra, Nask
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shelter(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Barra, Nask
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shelter(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gortein; Goirtein
Canmore ID 86051
Site Number NL69NW 7.36
NGR NL 648 976
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86051
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NL69NW 7.36 648 976
T60: (NL 6480 9767) A small circular shelter, 1.8m diameter overall of piled boulders. Some 30m S (at NL 6480 9764) is T63, a small circular structure of stone blocks, enclosing an area 0.75m in diameter. Also, some 30m WNW of T60, is T61 (NL 6477 9767), a third circular shelter of Type C, diameter 1.5m overall, sited over a much robbed and embedded circular hut (?), 5.5m diameter.
K Branigan and P Foster 1995: NMRS, MS/595/3.
