Monument record 13171 - LEWIS, CNOC BEAG GORMAL

NB56NW 21 5179 6529

DES 1998: NB 5179 6529 There is a grass-covered mound about 13.5 x 12m across the slightly convex top and about 19 x 21m wide at the base, and 1m high. A few stones show on the surface. It is estimated that, if circular, the cairn would have been about 14m diameter at the top and about 20m diameter at the base.
It is located on the E side of the road to the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, about 260m from the crossroads (B8013, B8014) in Eoropie, and lies on Croft 22.
The cairn stands on the low W shoulder of land overlooking a broad shallow agricultural valley in which stands St Moluag's Church (200m to the SE). The cairn is known locally as Cnoc Beag Gormal (Gormal is a woman?s name), and was drawn to our attention by Miss D Milne and Dr Ian Orkney.
M R Curtis and G R Curtis 1998.
REPORT DATE: 21/05/1999

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 1998, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41173.

Claire Shaw, Jacobs, 2007, Eoropie Waste Water Treatment Works, Outfall, Access road and Replacement Sewer (Unpublished document). SWE41155.