Field Visit
Date 7 June 1915
Event ID 1104248
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1104248
Standing Stones, Druim a Charra, Breivig.
On the summit of the ridge, Druim a Charra, on the spur running down eastwards from Heaval to Breivig, about 250 yards north of Cruachain, at an elevation of about 250 feet above sea-level, are two fine standing stones of gneiss, one overthrown. The stone which is still standing has a considerable slant to the south-south-west, is of triangular section at the base, broadens till within 2 feet 6 inches of the top, and terminates in a point. It measures 9 feet 2 inches in height, and 6 feet 10 inches in girth at the base. The prostrate stone lies 14 feet 6 inches to the south. It is 10 feet 7 inches long, 6 feet 2 inches wide near one end, and 3 feet 9 inches wide about 2 feet from the opposite end, while it is at least 2 feet thick. It was overthrown for a wager, but before that it is said that the narrow end was fixed in the ground, and, as it has fallen towards its neighbour, it must have stood originally about 24 feet 6 inches distant from it, although the broad end is now only 14 feet 6 inches away.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 7 June 1915
OS map: Barra lxiv (unnoted).
