Monument record 920 - BUAILE RISARY, BEN RISARY, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 76690 72930 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF77SE |
| Island | North Uist |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF77SE 17 7669 7293.
(NF 768 729) A stone bearing three or four (seven or more: Lyford Pike 1940) cupmarks lies in the N edge of Buaile Risary.
E Beveridge 1911; J D Lyford-Pike 1940.
This stone is situated at NF 7669 7293. It measures 1.4m long by 0.7m maximum breadth by 0.35m maximum thickness. Ten shallow cupmarks were found, the largest being 3ins in diameter by 3/4ins deep.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (W D J) 20 June 1965.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 275 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 85-6, No. 262 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
J D Lyford-Pike, 1940-1, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 137 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4252.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SWE12876 Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 275.
- --- SWE4252 Bibliographic reference: J D Lyford-Pike. 1940-1. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 75. 127-44. 137.
- --- SWE5587 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 85-6, No. 262.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
