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South Uist, Pollachar
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name South Uist, Pollachar
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 9817
Site Number NF71SW 1
NGR NF 7459 1439
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9817
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF71SW 1 7459 1439.
(NF 7459 1439) Standing Stone (NAT).
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
A standing stone is situated on a grassy flat a few yards from the rocks on the shore at Pollachur (or Pollacharra), South Uist, about 70 yards W of Pollachar Inn. It is an irregularly-shaped prism, 5ft 8 ins high and 5ft 9 ins in girth at the foot.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1915.
As described above.
Visited by OS (W D J) 5 May 1965.
The stone has been reset.
Information contained in letter from Van Hoek to OS, 1980.
Field Visit (17 June 1915)
Standing Stone, Pollachar.
On a grassy flat a few yards from the rocks on the shore at Pollachar, or Pollacharra as it is more often called, on the south-west of the island of South Uist, is a fine standing stone, which has been overthrown and re-erected. It stands about 70 yards west of Pollachar Inn, at a height of some 10 feet above high-water mark. It is an irregularly shaped prism, measuring 5 feet 8 inches in height and 5 feet 9 inches in girth at the foot.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 17 June 1915.
OS map: South Uist lx.
