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Lewis, Timsgarry
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Human Remains (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Lewis, Timsgarry
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Human Remains (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Sithean Na H-iolaire
Canmore ID 4039
Site Number NB03SE 2
NGR NB 0532 3368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4039
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB03SE 2 0532 3368.
(Area: 053 335) An irregularly shaped mound of unstratified sand, containing a considerable number of small boulders, lies at Sithean-na-h-Iolaire. It measures about 60' NE-SW by 40' transversely and rises to a height of 5'. Human bones have been thrown out from time to time by rabbits burrowing.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
This mound is a turf-covered sand dune at NB 0532 3368. An excavation by holiday makers has revealed a quantity of closely packed stones which is probably the remains of a cairn about 10.0m in dimater placed upon the summit of the dune. Several pieces of bone, apparently human, are scattered in the excavation but no trace of a cist or chamber has been revealed.
Local tradition asserts that this is the burial place of the crew of a wrecked ship.
Surveyed at 1/10,560
Visited by OS (R L) 28 June 1969.
Field Visit (18 June 1914)
Burial Mound, Sithean na h-Iolaire, Uig.
At Sithean na h-Iolaire, some 500 yards north-north-west of Uig Lodge and about 200 yards west of the east side of Uig Bay, at an elevation of 50 feet above sea-level, is an irregularly shaped mound of unstratified sand containing a considerable number of small boulders. It measures some 60 feet from north-east to south-west and 40 feet across, and rises to a height of 5 feet. Human bones have been thrown out from time to time by rabbits burrowing.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 18 June 1914.
OS map: Lewis xxiii (unnoted).
