Allasdale
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Coordinates: 56°59′N 7°30′W / 56.99°N 7.5°W
| Allasdale | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Allathasdal | |
  Allasdale
Allasdale shown within the Outer Hebrides |
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| Population | ? |
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| Language | Scottish Gaelic |
| English | |
| OS grid reference | |
| Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
| Scottish Parliament | Western Isles |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Allasdale (Allathasdal in Scottish Gaelic) is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland.
In May 2007 Channel 4's Time Team came to investigate 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 Historic Scotland.
Among the remains found were Bronze-Age cist burials and plough-marks, and a hamlet of Iron-Age roundhouses and a wheelhouse on a par with those at Skara Brae on the Orkney Isles.[1] The programme featuring Allasdale was broadcast on 20 January 2008.
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History
- Time Team - Barra, Western Isles pages
Maps
- Location map (Ordnance Survey)
Photographs
- Beach at Allasdale (Geograph - taken September 2006)
Articles
- "Time Team finds Bronze Age relics on Barra dunes" (Sunday Herald - June 2007)
- "Barra find dates back to Bronze Age" (Stone Pages Archaeo News - December 2006)
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