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==Archaeology== The island has remains of an [[Iron Age]] [[broch]] at Dun a' Chaolais overlooking the Sound of Vatersay, and nearby is a [[passage grave]] dated to the 3rd millennium BC.<ref>Branigan (2007) p. 65</ref> There is also a [[Bronze Age]] cemetery at Trèseabhaig south of the heights of Heiseabhal Mòr<ref>Branigan (2007) p. 66</ref> and a cairn built around 1000 BC west of the village of Vatersay.<ref>Branigan (2007) p. 68</ref> The offshore islet of [[Biruaslum|Bioruaslum]] has a walled [[fortification|fort]] that may be of [[Neolithic]] provenance.<ref>Branigan (2007) p. 67</ref>
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