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Whalebone Arch, Bragar, Lewis

A Category B Listed Building in Barvas, Na h-Eileanan Siar

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.3341 / 58°20'2"N

Longitude: -6.629 / 6°37'44"W

OS Eastings: 129160

OS Northings: 947720

OS Grid: NB291477

Mapcode National: GBR B60P.Y59

Mapcode Global: WGX14.4SLC

Plus Code: 9CCM89MC+JC

Entry Name: Whalebone Arch, Bragar, Lewis

Listing Name: Bragar, Whalebone Arch

Listing Date: 27 February 1978

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 337254

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5767

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Lewis, Bragar, Whalebone Arch

ID on this website: 200337254

Location: Barvas

County: Na h-Eileanan Siar

Electoral Ward: An Taobh Siar agus Nis

Parish: Barvas

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

Large whalebone arch erected as gateway to a private house; symbolic of an industry in which local men were involved, though this specimen was from a whale washed ashore. Mounted by metal brackets on pair substantial rubble-built piers and braced at the top with a harpoon slung underneath.

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