Allasdale

Allasdale (Scottish Gaelic: Athalasdal, pronounced [ˈa.əl̪ˠəs̪t̪əl̪ˠ]) is a settlement on Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Barra,[1] and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.[2]

Allasdale
  • Scottish Gaelic: Athalasdal

Machair, close to the sea at Allasdale, has Bird's Foot Trefoil and Thrift to provide some colour
Allasdale
Location within the Outer Hebrides
Population4 
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNF660034
Civil parish
Council area
  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF BARRA
Postcode districtHS9
Dialling code01871
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

History
Bronze Age plough marks

In May 2007 Channel 4's archaeological television programme Time Team investigated 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.[3] The programme featuring Allasdale was first broadcast on 20 January 2008, as part of Series 15 of Time Team.

References
  1. "Details of Allasdale". Scottish Places. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. "A888". Sabre. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. Time Team: Barra, Western Isles - What they found

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