Scheduled Monument

Pabbay,symbol stone,cross-marked stones,chapel and settlementSM941

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
18/05/1925
Last Date Amended
24/08/1993
Type
Crosses and carved stones: cross-incised stone; symbol stone, Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; chapel, Secular: settlement, including deserted and depopulated and townships
Local Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Parish
Barra
NGR
NL 60676 87486
Coordinates
60676, 787486

Description

The monument consists of a large mound, the site of a chapel, on

which are several cross-marked stones, including one with Pictish-

type symbols, and a deserted farming settlement.

The large mound is approximately 3.5m high. It is recorded that this

was once topped by the foundations of a chapel measuring 10m by 4.5m externally, but only a few scattered stones of this survive. On the

edge of the summit of the mound are two upright slabs with incised crosses. A third cross-slab lies broken at the foot of the mound, to

the W. Near this, on the slope of the mound, lies a much-weathered

stone with symbols: a cross surmounting a "crescent and v-rod" and a curvilinear geometric design. The symbols appear to be of Pictish

type. This stone stood upright in 1895.

To the W of the mound is a roofless dwelling house, measuring 12.0m

by 5.5m externally. This is surrounded by an enclosure. In the S part

of the enclosure stand the remains of two groups of building walls

which represent blackhouses with outbuildings, later converted into sheep-pens.

The area to be scheduled consists of the whole settlement enclosure,

to include the settlement, site of chapel, symbol stone and cross- marked stones and the area between them in which evidence relating to the history of the settlement and the ecclesiastical establishment

may survive. The area is bounded by a line drawn 5m outside the enclosure wall, where this is visible, and elsewhere by two small water-courses and, on the SE side, by the edge of the vegetated area above the beach, as marked in red on the accompanying map. The recent wooden and metal elements forming the sheep-pens in current use are specifically excluded.

References

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