Allasdale ( gd, Athalasdal, ) is a settlement on

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in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.

History

In May 2007

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's archaeological television programme ''

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'' investigated some prehistoric remains that had first been partly exposed when storms in October 2005 had blown away some sand dunes. The site had been previously investigated in 2006 by a rescue survey funded by

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. Among the remains found were

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cist burials and plough-marks, and a

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roundhouses and a wheelhouse on a par with those at

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on the

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.''Time Team'': Barra, Western Isles - What they found
/ref> The programme featuring Allasdale was first broadcast on 20 January 2008, as part of Series 15 of ''Time Team''.

References

External links

History
RCAHMS Canmore record''Time Team''
- Barra, Western Isles pages Articles
"Time Team finds Bronze Age relics on Barra dunes"
(Sunday Herald - June 2007)

(Stone Pages Archaeo News - December 2006) Villages on Barra 2nd-millennium BC architecture in Scotland Bronze Age sites in Scotland Iron Age sites in Scotland Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides Former populated places in Scotland {{WesternIsles-geo-stub