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South Uist, West Kilbride
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name South Uist, West Kilbride
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Kilbride
Canmore ID 9814
Site Number NF71SE 7
NGR NF 752 143
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9814
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF71SE 7 752 143.
(Area NF 752143) At the turn of the road from Kilbride to Loch Boisdale, South Uist, about 630 yards east of Pollach an Inn, (NF 7465 1439) a cairn of stones was removed entirely "many years ago".
RCAHMS 1928.
No trace of a cairn could be found in the area described.
Visited by OS (W D J) 5 May 1965.
NF 752 143 Site identified as part of an archaeological assessment. The site of stone cairn of possible religious significance of unknown date.
Jacobs Babtie, 2004.
Field Visit (17 June 1915)
Cairn (site of), Kilbride.
At the turn of the road from Kilbride to Lochboisdale, about 630 yards east of Pollachar Inn, was a cairn of stones, which was entirely removed many years ago.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 17 June 1915.
OS map: South Uist lx (unnoted).
Field Visit (February 2009 - March 2009)
Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) was commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles County Council) to conduct an archaeological assessment of five areas proposed for new coastal protection structures. Walkover surveys were undertaken in February 2009 at Craigston, Barra; Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula; Ludag Road, South Uist; Pol na Crann, Isle of Benbecula and Stoneybridge, South Uist, Western Isles.
This is in order to assess its archaeological significance; evidence for the past human use of the landscape; and the potential impact of the development upon the archaeological resource.
Information from Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA).
