Monument record 1115 - CRINGRAVAL, NORTH UIST

NF86SW 40 centred 811 644.

(Approx NF 811 644) Stone Circle, Cringraval: Towards the W end of the summit of Cringraval, near Clachan-a-Luib, about 460 yards WSW of NF86SW 21, some 100ft OD, are the remains of a stone circle exposed through the removal of peat, which is about 3 ft deep at this place. The E half of the circle has been laid bare, and possibly some of the stones on its W half may still be hidden under peat. The circle is about 120ft in diameter.
Seven stones survive, of which only three remain erect (only one being upright), and of the four prostrate examples one has been roughly dressed for a lintel, but has not been removed. The highest of the erect stones stands on the E of the circle and measures 4ft 1in in height, 5ft 3ins in girth at the base, expanding to 6ft 9ins near the top; the two other pillars to the NE and S are 2ft 3ins high, 2ft 9ins wide, and
7ins thick; and 3ft high, 3ft 6ins wide, and 9ins thick respectively, while the largest prostrate stone measures 5ft 10ins in length and 4ft 10ins in breadth.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 84, No. 251 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

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