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Barra, Borve, Dun Bharpa

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)
Barra, Borve, Dun Bharpa
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, Borve, Dun Bharpa as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It represents an important example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in the Western Isles of Scotland.

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