Monument record 1101 - SORNACH COIR' FHINN, LOCH A' PHOBUILL, NORTH UIST

NF86SW 28 8287 6305.

(NF 8289 6302) Sornach Coir' Fhinn (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

This stone circle is known locally as Sornach a' Phobuill although shown by the OS as Sornach Coir' Fhinn.
The circle is slightly oval, 130ft NW-SE by 115ft NE-SW. Its circuit is marked by a slight bank in which 13 erect stones can be counted. More may exist below the peat as the positions of those visible suggest that over 50 stones would be needed to complete the circle. Eleven of the stones stand from 1 to 1 1/4ft above the peat: a thin pointed pillar on the east stands 5ft high, and, in the NW, another stone, 3 1/2ft high, stands in a slight hollow.
RCAHMS 1928; E Beveridge 1911.

This stone circle is c. 39.0m in diameter. Fourteen stones can be seen, with another visible in a crack in the peat. The largest stone is 1.2m high, 1.1m broad and 0.3m thick and its opposite number on the west side is 0.9m high x 0.8m broad x 0.6m thick. The others are generally below 1.0m high and some are barely visible above ground. Unable to check names.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (W D J) 3 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 260 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 83, No. 249 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

{H} A {W} Burl, 1976a, The Stone Circles of the British Isles, 358 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2801.

A, A S and [H] A [W] Thom, Tho, 1980, Brit Archaeol Rep, 312-13 plan (Bibliographic reference). SWE7630.