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Biruaslum or Bioruaslam is a
The vertical cliffs on the east side of the islet that separate it from Vatersay protect the site from the sea and a well-constructed wall that is wide and high in places encloses a substantial semi-circular area. The wall is long and best preserved at the southeastern end. Attached to the uphill side of the wall are the remains of a small oval structure about in area. The style of the fort is similar to "Vatsersay, Biruaslum"
CANMORE. Retrieved 13 Nov 2011.
stack
Stack may refer to:
Places
* Stack Island, an island game reserve in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group
* Blue Stack Mountains, in Co. Donegal, Ireland
People
* Stack (surname) (including a list of people ...
in the Barra Isles
The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles, are a small archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for which they are named. The group consists of nine islands and numerous rocky islets, skerries, ...
of Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
, to the west of Vatersay
The island of Vatersay (; gd, Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost and westernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the settlement of Caolas on the north coast of the island is the westernmost permanently inhabited place in ...
. Approximately from the nearest road, it reaches in height and there is a ruined prehistoric fort on the southern side. Francis G. Thompson characterizes it as "high and virtually inaccessible"; James Fisher mentions a "fulmar
The fulmars are tubenosed seabirds of the family Procellariidae. The family consists of two extant species and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene.
Fulmars superficially resemble gulls, but are readily distinguished by their flight on ...
flying up and down its tiny cliff."
Cliff-fort
The vertical cliffs on the east side of the islet that separate it from Vatersay protect the site from the sea and a well-constructed wall that is wide and high in places encloses a substantial semi-circular area. The wall is long and best preserved at the southeastern end. Attached to the uphill side of the wall are the remains of a small oval structure about in area. The style of the fort is similar to Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
structures known from Ireland but the only datable finds so far discovered are of Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
pottery.CANMORE. Retrieved 13 Nov 2011.
See also
*Funzie Girt
Funzie Girt (; sco, Funyie Girt "Finns' dyke") is an ancient dividing wall that was erected from north to south across the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. Some sources describe it as having been built in the Neolithic,
Notes
References
*Keith Branigan (2007) ''Ancient Barra: exploring the Archaeology of the Outer Hebrides''. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. * Francis G. Thompson (1974) ''The Uists and Barra''. David and Charles. * James Fisher ''Rockall: The Islet of Birds''. Barra Isles Stacks of Scotland {{WesternIsles-geo-stub