- Barpa Langass
Barpa Langass (also known as Langass Barp or Langash Barp), is a
chambered cairn on the Isle ofNorth Uist in theOuter Hebrides . It measures about 72 feet in diameter by 18 feet in height, and it is attributable to theNeolithic age. The roof is constructed of two massive slabs with a third slab superimposed.The entrance is at the east side. Although the structure has partially collapsed, it is still possible to enter one chamber. The
antiquary Erskine Beveridge believed that a second and perhaps a third chamber exist. In or prior to 1911, Dr Beveridge excavated within and near the cairn, and he found evidence of burnt burials as well as pieces of pottery (some with patterned lines), wood ashes, burnt bones, a flintarrowhead , a scraper, and a piece of piercedtalc . [cite book |title=North Uist |last=Beveridge |first=Erskine |year=1911 |publisher=William Brown & Co. |location=Edinburgh |pages=246-48 ]Barpa Langass is located at grid reference NF838657 (coord|57|34|14|N|7|17|30|W). It can be reached via footpath from the A867 about 5 miles southwest of
Lochmaddy . Alternatively, one can park at the Langass Lodge Hotel, follow the footpath to thePobull Fhinn stone circle , and then continue up Ben Langass to Barpa Langass.ee also
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Cladh Hallan - aBronze Age site onSouth Uist Sources
*cite book |title=North Uist |last=Beveridge |first=Erskine |year=1911 |publisher=William Brown & Co. |location=Edinburgh |pages=246-48
*cite book |last=Tomes |first=John |title=Blue Guide Scotland |edition=8th |year=1980 |publisher=Ernest Benn Limited |location=London |isbn=051001626X |pages=399
*cite web |url=http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=10236
title=North Uist, Barpa Langass |accessdate=2008-04-26
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