Monument record 876 - TRAIGH HIMILIGH, VALLAY, NORTH UIST

Summary

Natural stones

Location

Grid reference NF 78030 76770 (point)
Map sheet NF77NE
Island Vallay
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

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Full Description

NF77NE 20 7803 7677.

(Area : NF 782 769) A group of boulders, consisting of an oblong cube of stone approx. 8 by 4 by 3ft, surrounded by other large blocks, lies above Traigh Himiligh, on the north shore of Vallay Island.
Beneath the first-mentioned block (two sides of which appear to be artificially squared) are several smaller stones.
A hammerstone and two flat pieces of sandstone also found beneath it are thought to be adventitious.
E Beveridge 1911.

An entirely natural setting of boulders located at NF 7803 7677.
Visited by OS (W D J) 22 June 1965.


Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 275 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 275 illust..
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Centre for Field Archaeology. 2005. Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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