Lewis, Lower Bayble, Clach Stein
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lewis, Lower Bayble, Clach Stein
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4396
Site Number NB53SW 5
NGR NB 5165 3174
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB53SW 5 5165 3174
(NB 5165 3174) Clach Stein (Druidical) (OE)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1899)
Standing Stone, 'Clach Stein',.... a large broken prostrate monolith. It has been 10ft in length, 2ft 8ins in breadth and about the same in thickness. There are several blocks of stone of inconsiderable size in the immediate vicinity.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
The stone is split into two parts, 1.5m by 0.8m and 1.4m by 0.6m, the lower portion partly embedded in the soil, at an angle: 1.5m north of it stands a smaller stone, protruding 0.8m above the ground: this is 0.6 by 0.3m in size. The surrounding moor has at one time been cultivated and old dykes and clearance heaps protrude through the peat.
Visited by OS (A L F R) assistant archaeology officer, 23 April 1964.
Field Visit (23 June 1914)
Standing Stone "Clach Stein", Lower Bayble, Eye Peninsula.
Near the summit of a ridge on rough moorland some 500 yards northwest of Lower Bayble, in the Eye Peninsula, at an elevation of 180 feet above sea-level, is a large broken prostrate monolith. It has been 10 feet in length, 2 feet 8 inches in breadth, and about the same in thickness. There are several blocks of stone of inconsiderable size in the immediate vicinity of this stone.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 23 June 1914.
OS map: Lewis xxviii
