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Field Visit
Date 15 August 1914
Event ID 1103539
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103539
Stone Circle (?), Beinn a Chaolais, Port nan Long.
On the summit of the southern extension of Beinn a Chaolais, about ¾ mile south-south-east of Port nan Long, at an elevation of 100 feet above sea-level, are two standing stones and four prostrate stones forming an irregular circle about 60 feet in diameter. The two erect stones face the interior and occupy the northern arc of the circle and measures 1 foot 11 inches in height by 3 feet 1 inch in breadth and 2 feet 3 inches in height by 3 feet 1 inch in breadth respectively; three of the prostrate stones are placed on the western and southern arcs and measure 3 feet 6 inches by 16 inches, 3 feet by 3 feet, and 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet respectively, while another towards the north-east is a rounded boulder 1 foot 11 inches across. In front of it towards the interior of the circle is a block of similar size and shape.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 15 August 1914.
OS map: North Uist xxxi (unnoted).
