Monument record 1324 - 'The Chair Stone', SGALABRAIG, BERNERAY

NF98SW 5 9101 8155.

(NF 9089 8137) Stone Cist Containing Human Remains found AD 1875 (NAT) OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

At, or in the immediate vicinity of the OS published site, are the remains of a cairn. It is 14ft in diameter and 1 1/2ft high. On the S edge is a boulder 2ft 9ins high and 7ft in girth, set on end. Some 78ft S is a block of stone shaped like a chair with the back to the S, measuring 4ft 6ins in length, and 1ft 7ins broad, the back being 2ft 9ins high and the seat 1ft 5ins high. About 31ft 6ins to the NNW of the cairn is another standing stone 2ft 6 ins high and 1ft square.
RCAHMS 1928.

At NF 9101 8155 is the cairn described by RCAHMS, now completely grass-covered, and measuring 5.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. In addition to the boulder on its S edge, and the other boulders mentioned, there are six other earthfast stones set on edge in the area, and also two smaller stones set on edge on the NE periphery of the cairn. The find-spot of the cist, now falls in cultivated land, and no information about it was obtained.
Cairn surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 June 1965.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 41, No. 127 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.