Monument record MHG5506 - Suileabhaig, Sanday

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Grid reference Centred NG 2784 0433 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG20SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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NG20SE 11 2785 0433.

(NG 2785 0433) So called Viking burial. Examined 1953 - probably used for kelp burning.
Private 6"map, annotated by T C Lethbridge 1953.

At NG 2785 0433 are the remains of a rectangular structure measuring 5.5m E-W by 1.3m. It is in poor condition and has probably been mutilated by Lethbridge's excavation. (See also NG20NW 3).
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 30 May 1972.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Alcock, L. 1983. The supposed Viking burials on the islands of Canna and Sanday. SHG23447. 293-309. 302; fig. 132.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Crawford, I A. 1962. 'Kelp burning', Scot Stud Vol. 6 1962, p.105-7. Scot Stud. 105-7. 105-7.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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