Monument record 1037 - HACKLETT, BENBECULA

Summary

Cup-marked stone

Location

Grid reference NF 84450 53810 (point)
Map sheet NF85SW
Island Benbecula
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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Full Description

NF85SW 3 8445 5381.

(Area NF 844 538) A slab of stone, 10ft 2ins, by 5 1/2ft by 8 to 12ins thick lies on the summit of a rocky knoll called Hacklett, on the east side of an inlet forming part of the Sound of Flodday, some 400 yards. north of Loch an Tairbh, Benbecula, at 50ft above sea level. It has 9 hollows on its upper surface of which 8 are almost certainly cup marks. A ring mark on one end, noticed by Carmichael (A A Carmichael 1871) and Jolly (W Jolly 1882), was not seen by Lyford-Pike (J D Lyford-Pike 1941) When first seen by Carmichael, the slab formed the roof of a piggery, but, originally, it was probably a standing stone.
A A Carmichael 1871; W Jolly 1882; J D Lyford-Pike 1941; RCAHMS 1928.

The cup-marked stone, described above, is at NF 8445 5381, on the farmstead of Hacklett Uachdar. The nine hollows are still visible and the ring-mark, seen by Carmichael and Jolly, was probably a natural arc which can be seen at the top of the face of the stone.
Visited by OS (R D) 26 May 1965.


A A Carmichael, 1868-70, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 285-6 (Bibliographic reference). SWE518.

W Jolly, 1881-2, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 400 (Bibliographic reference). SWE3449.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 104, No. 355 fig. 158 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

J D Lyford-Pike, 1940-1, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 139-41 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE4252.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: W Jolly. 1881-2. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 16. 300-401. 400.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: J D Lyford-Pike. 1940-1. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 75. 127-44. 139-41 illust..
  • --- Bibliographic reference: A A Carmichael. 1868-70. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 8. 276-86. 285-6.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 104, No. 355 fig. 158.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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