31356: KIRKIBOST, GREAT BERNERA – CAIRN (Undated)
Summary:
CAIRN (Undated)
Kerbed cairn
Location:
NB 189 340
Full description:
NB13SE 13 189 340.
Located on top of a grassy ridge running N from a rocky summit there is a mound of stones largely covered in grass. There is no evidence of internal structure. There are at least 10 kerb stones in situ; one on the E side being 2m long, 3 on the SE corner (heights 0.37m, 0.60m and 0.65m) being contiguous, and 1 (1.2m long) at the N end having fallen outwards. The overall length of the cairn is 8m in a NS direction and overall width 7.5m. It stands about 1.5m high.
Minor interference is suggested by a slight hollow in the centre, some outcast stones and the displaced kerbstone.
G R Curtis and M R Curtis 1990.
References:
1990. ‘Totarol, Kirkibost, Great Bernera (Uig parish), kerb cairn’, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 49
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Cairn
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE69520
- Record Maintained by:
- CEBL
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