Monument record 7836 - Carnan Beag, Hacklete

Surrounding Land Status code - C Recommended Action - Survey

Identified as possible remains of stone circle during Coastal Erosion Assessment (see references). MML

This appears to be the heavily robbed remains of a heel-shaped chambered cairn. There is a structure to the west, apparently utilising part of the body of the cairn, but this seems to have been secondary. MML 4.6.99

To be scheduled. 4.6.99

The monument known as Carnan Beag, chambered cairn, 350m SSW of Hacklete, Great Bernera, comprises a recently discovered chambered cairn, apparently of the Hebridean Group, which is situated on a small coastal promontory in the Common Grazings of Hacklete in the SW corner of Great Bernera, Lewis. The area to be scheduled comprises the monument described above and includes an area around in which evidence associated with its construction and use may survive. It is rectangular and measures 50m from WNW to ESE by 65m transversely.
Historic Scotland Scheduling Document 4.2.2000

NB13SW 37 c. 1445 3453

(Location indicated as NB c. 1445 3453).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 4 February 2000.

REPORT DATE: 17/02/2000

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.