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Allasdale

Allasdale in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
4 h–12 h

About

Allasdale is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

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, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.

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Background

History

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. The programme featuring Allasdale was first broadcast on 20 January 2008, as part of Series 15 of Time Team.

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Coordinates
56.9957, -7.5035

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Where is Allasdale?
Allasdale is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.9957°, -7.5035°.