Monument record 1281 - PORTAIN, NORTH UIST

NF97SW 1 centred 949 707.

A supposed cist is situated at Portain, W of Loch Grota, at the E base of a cliff. The covering slab bears four cup-marks, three of them in a row near its edge, the other being smaller and out of line. The slab is supported by other stones which appear to have been artificially placed (E Beveridge 1911).
Cup-mark symbols occur in frequent association with 'Food Vessel Burials'. This cist is not certainly of the short cist type.
J V S Megaw and D D A Simpson 1963; E Beveridge 1911.

This cist was not located.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 274 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

J V S and D D A Megaw and Simp, 1960-1, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 77 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5565.