Lewis, Cul A'chleit
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lewis, Cul A'chleit
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Callanish Vi; Calanais
Canmore ID 4173
Site Number NB23SW 7
NGR NB 2465 3034
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB23SW 7 2465 3034.
(NB 2465 3034) Stone (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1965)
Two standing stones so placed as to suggest that they are the remains of a stone circle stand on the summit of Cul a' Chleit near its eastern side.
The larger stone measures 5'6" in height, 3'2" in breadth and from 13" to 2' in thickness, while the other, which stands 56'10" to the SW is 3' high, 2'10" broad and 7" thick. Some 19 1/2" WNW of the first is a flat slab 5'6" long and 5'1" broad, with another prostrate stone 5'2" long and 3'4" broad lying 10" south of it.
There are some ruined shielings in the immediate neighbourhood which accounts for the destruction of the circle.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
Two upright stones, the most northerly a fine monolith, on the summit of a small but prominent rocky knoll. Despite two or three rough slabs lying prone to the W, it is difficult to believe that they constitute the remains of a stone circle, because of the very uneven and rocky nature of the knoll.
Surveyed at 1/10,000
Visited by OS (A A) 4 July 1969.
Field Visit (19 June 1914)
Stone Circle (remains of), Cul a' Chleit, Garynahine.
On the summit of Cul a' Chleit, a rocky knowe commanding a fine vista of rolling moorland in all directions, about 1 mile south-east of Garynahine, and 400 yards west of the south end of Loch Cu1 a Chleit, are two standing stones near the eastern side of the height, so placed as to suggest that they are the remains of a stone circle. The larger stone measures 5 feet 6 inches in height, 3 feet 2 inches in breadth, and from 13 inches to 2 feet in thickness, while the other, which stands 56 feet 10 inches to the south-west, is 3 feet high, 2 feet 10 inches broad, and 7 inches thick. Some 19 ½ feet west-north-west of the first-mentioned pillar is a flat slab 5 feet 6 inches long and 5 feet 1 inch broad, with another prostrate stone 5 feet 2 inches long and 3 feet 4 inches broad lying 10 inches to the south of it. There are some ruined shielings in the immediate neighhourhood which accounts for the destruction of the circle.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 19 June 1914.
OS map: Lewis xxv (unnoted)
