Monument record 1084 - LOCH GLEN NA FEANNAG, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 83877 62890 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF86SW |
Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF86SW 11 8386 6290
(NF 8384 6290) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
This cairn, at Loch Glen na Feannag at the foot of Craonaval, has been much disturbed and robbed, and has remains of shielings on the NW side. It varies in diameter from c. 44 to 52ft: the entrance passage runs from just S of E, and five orthostats of a very large oval chamber can be seen lying to the west of the passage.
Beveridge (E Beveridge 1911) records pottery, charred bones and kitchen midden refuse. Finds, including potsherds of the IA or later, are in the NMAS.
E Beveridge 1911; Information from MS of A S Henshall's 'Chambered Tombs of Scotland', Vol. 2, 49-50, plan
This chambered cairn is as described by Henshall. There are at least five shieling-type structures on and around the cairn.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (W D J) 3 June 1965
An unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, North Uist etc. 1882, sheet xl) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 April 1997
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 250-1 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 71, No. 219 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
A. Henshall, 1972a, The Chambered Tombs of Scotland, 522, UST 23 (Bibliographic reference). SWE3275.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SWE12876 Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 250-1 illust..
- --- SWE3275 Bibliographic reference: A. Henshall. 1972a. The Chambered Tombs of Scotland. 2. 522, UST 23.
- --- SWE5587 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 71, No. 219.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM