Monument record 9658 - Loch Bharabhat, Calanais, Isle of Lewis

A semi-circular stone enclosure c. 5.25m North-South by 3.25m East-West stands at the water's edge of Loch Bharabhat at the North end of the loch on the West side of a rocky promontory about 40m from the 19thC. dam.
An arc of c. 15 upright stones up to 0.7m high stood at the water's edge, or in the water, depending on the level of the loch water, controlled by a sluice.
At the south limit of the arc of stones, where the line of the structure abuts a rock outcrop c. 0.9m high, it appears as a wall c. 2m long and up to 0.7m high, with a horizontal top slab 0.95 x 0.75 x 0.4m. This slab appears as an upper'course' and 'dressed to the inside'. The stones below the salb are much smaller. This apparent wall may represetn part of the original structure or a later modification.
Crofting work January 2000 by a mechanical digger disturbed the stone enclosure. Only 6 upright stones of the arc remain in situ, but the socket holes of the other stones are sill clearly identifiable. The disturbed stones, now lying inside the damaged enclosure, almost certainly could be matched with their sockets. About 10 displaced stones up to 0.5m are mared clearly with lichens at one end and dark mud staining at the other end. There is a similar volume of stones c. 0.3m in size.
The natural rock outcrop runs North-South and is c. 0.9m high. A lower shelf of rock c. 0.3 -0.4m high protrudes 1m into the semi-circular area formed by the arc of stones.
Curtis, 8.2.2000
Curtis, MR and Curtis, GR 2000, 104

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 2000, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41184.