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Multi-periodSite Name: Alt Christal, Tangaval Peninsula Alternative Name: Alt Cristal, TangavalCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Barra and Vatersay Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Nask
Map Ref: NL64259773
Latitude: 56.948529N Longitude: 7.52426W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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I excavated on this site in 1991 under the direction of Patrick Foster, as part of Prof Keith Branigan's Sheffield University dig.
NL69NE 10 67 98 to NF 64 00
From NL 69 98 to NF 64 00. The coastal erosion survey of Barra was commenced in 1991, with a 50m wide corridoor of coastline running from Brevaig (NL 693 985) through Castlebay to Tangusdale (NF 648 005). Between Brevaig and Castlebay sites and monuments of any type and period were very few, and rarely threatened.
In contrast, the coast of the Tangaval peninsula was rich in sites and were recorded in the 50m corridor, of which only Dun Ban was previously known. Many of the sites were probably post-Medieval, but apart from the Neolithic/EBA settlement site at Alt Christal there were three large round houses which are provisionally identified as probably of Iron Age date.
K Branigan 1991 site/78849/barra
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