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North Uist, Baleshare, Eilean Nan Carnan
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name North Uist, Baleshare, Eilean Nan Carnan
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 10008
Site Number NF76SE 18
NGR NF 7926 6315
NGR Description Centred on NF 7926 6315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10008
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF76SE 18 centred 7926 6315.
(Area : NF 7926 6315) Eilean nan Carnan, close to the shore at Illeray, Baleshare Ford, appears to have been enclosed by a wall along its edge: two small cairns are situated upon mounds near its north and south ends. E Beveridge 1911.
The appearance of walling around Eilean nan Carnan is similar to that round most of the neighbouring islets and is most likely a natural phenomenon.
The two cairns are too insignificant to be normal burial cairns, the one at the north end being c. 2.5m in diameter, the one at the south being merely a few stones heaped on a large boulder.
Visited by OS (J T T) 30 May 1965.
