Monument record 972 - CARRAGH- BROIN, LOCH NAN ARM, SOUTH UIST

NF82SW 2 8117 2248.

(NF 8117 2248) Carragh-Broin (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1880)

Carragh-broin (Stone of Sorrow) is situated 20 yards from the shore at the SE corner of Loch Nan Arm, on the left bank of a rivulet running into the loch.
It is 2ft high, 2ft 7ins broad and 1ft 4ins thick. It is so named because a man, wounded in a nearby battle, lent his body against it. RCAHMS 1928.

The stone is as described by the Commission. With the loch at its present level the stone is only about 10m from the shore.
Visited by OS (W D J) 9 May 1965.

Carragh-broin (Information in telecommunication from E Cregeen (School of Scottish Studies) to OS 2 Feburary 1967): thus standing stone, traditionally marking a local battle, has been destroyed in fencing operations.
I A Crawford 1965.

Checked. There is a stone in the position marked on the field document. Visited by OS (J S)April 1967.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 118, No. 399 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

I A Crawford, 1965c, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 21 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13343.