Monument record 14363 - Sloc nam Brathan, Lacasaigh, Lochs, Lewis

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Pool where rotary hand querns were dumped

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Grid reference NB 330 212 (point)
Map sheet NB32SW
Island Lewis
Parish LOCHS, Western Isles

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Sloc nam Brathan. Local tradition tells how the tacksman of Laxay and Keose, Coinneach Ban, removed all of the top stones from the hand querns (clach uachdar) and had them thrown into Sloc nam Brathan, the deepest pool at Pol Gorm.
North Lochs Historical Society Archaeology Group, 2003

NB location uncertain.
MML 13.4.2007


North Lochs Historical Society Archaeology Group, 2003, Field trip to Laxay Area, 22nd March 2003. (Unpublished document). SWE41144.

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  • --- Unpublished document: North Lochs Historical Society Archaeology Group. 2003. Field trip to Laxay Area, 22nd March 2003..

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Apr 13 2007 12:01PM

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