Monument record 11813 - CALLANISH, BREASCLETE PARK (NEW PARK)

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Grid reference NB 2192 3426 (point)
Map sheet NB23SW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB23SW 81 2192 3426

NB 2192 3426 An unrecorded stone circle, 18m in diameter, was discovered on a flattish area in slightly rising ground, called Ranol Mhor.
A group of broken slabs, the largest 58 x 47 x 12cm, may be the only remaining visible parts of a megalith c 1.65m long. Another stone, 1.55 x 0.5m, protruding from the ground may be a fallen megalith. In the general vicinity there are several split and trimmed boulders and debris used locally as a source of lintels.
Associated with the stone circle, and an integral part of this megalithic site, are two backsight positions. One backsight location is on top of a smooth rock outcrop at NB 2190 3438 on a croft, and provides a view of the `Sleeping Beauty¿ hills framed by the possible stone circle, 117m away. The other is on common grazing land (Ranol Mhor) at NB 2195 3436, and provides a view of the Langadale Valley in the Harris hills through the centre of the possible stone circle, 91m away.
There is now no local memory of the circle.
M R Curtis and G R Curtis 2003
REPORT DATE: 24/02/2005

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Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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