North Uist, Skealtraval
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Uist, Skealtraval
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Skealtravel Summit
Canmore ID 10363
Site Number NF87SE 29
NGR NF 853 707
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10363
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF87SE 29 853 707
'An alignment, approximately 150m long, crosses Skealtravel summit in a SE NW direction, comprising (from SE to NW):
(a) possible stone to SE of summit,
(b) a fallen stone 1m long,
(c) another fallen stone 1m long,
(d) a pair of possible smaller pointed fallen stones near (e),
(e) a fallen standing stone slab 1.6m by 1.6m and 0.3m thick lying on its large packing stones on bare bedrock (and originally oriented at about 315 degrees with respect to true N, as judged by a large single undisturbed packing stone),
(f) a boulder 1.5m long.
The main fallen stone (e) is about 80m NW of the summit, which is marked by a very small cairn'.
G R Curtis and M R Ponting 1986.
