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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
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
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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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