Barpa Langass
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox ancient site Barpa Langass or Langass Barp (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".)Template:Efn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures around 22 meters in diameter by 5.5 meters in height, and is around 5,000 years old.[1] 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 flint arrowhead, a scraper, and a piece of pierced talc.[2]
Barpa Langass 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 the Pobull Fhinn stone circle, and then continue up Ben Langass to Barpa Langass.
See also
- Cladh Hallan – a Bronze Age site on South Uist
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- Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC
- Buildings and structures completed in the 3rd millennium BC
- 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland
- Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides
- Scheduled monuments in the Outer Hebrides
- North Uist
- Chambered cairns in Scotland