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Barra, Castlebay, Pier

Pier (period Unassigned)
Barra, Castlebay, Pier
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Barra, Castlebay, Pier stands at Castlebay on Barra, recorded without a date because the stones and function speak louder than any invented year. The pier is not a decorative scar; it is a working edge where boats, people and weather have repeated the same transaction for generations. Castlebay exists as a port town because that edge could be trusted. The pier is the reason the bay became a place instead of a coordinate.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, Castlebay, Pier as Pier (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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