Archaeology Notes

Event ID 748619

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NF97NW 7 90 77

On the summit of the southern extension of Beinn a' Chaolais, about 3/4 mile SSE of Port nan Long, at an elevation of 100ft OD, are two standing stones and four prostrate stones forming an irregular circle about 60ft in diameter. The two erect stones face the interior and occupy the northern arc of the circle and measure 1ft 11in in height by 3ft 1in in breadth and 2ft 3in in height by 3ft 1in in breadth respectively. Three of the prostrate stones are placed on the W and S arcs and measure 3ft 6in by 16in, 3ft by 3ft and 3ft 9in by 2ft respectively, while another towards the NE is a rounded boulder 1ft 11in across. In front of it towards the interior of the circle is a block of similar size and shape.

Visited 15 August 1914.

RCAHMS 1928.

Listed among sites of 'uncertain status, including misidentified sites....' [cf. NF97NW 4.]

[H] A [W] Burl 1976.