Monument record 1447 - CUITHE HEILLANISH, VATERSAY

NL69SW 2 6277 9389.

In a slight hollow, about 150ft above sea level, at Cuithe Heillanish, which is about 5/8 mile south-west of Vatersay township, there is a standing stone of gneiss, 5 1/2 ft high by 2ft 1in broad at the base
and 1 1/2 ft thick. It stands on the line of an old cuithe or stock enclosure and inclines slightly to the west.
RCAHMS 1928.

This stone was located at NL 6277 9389. It is as described by RCAHMS and now forms the west jamb of the entrance of an old enclosure.
Visited by OS (W D J) 22 May 1965.

VS32 (NL628939) Monolith, 1.8 m high, standing by the entrance to enclosure VS33. The stone is recorded by the RCAHMS as a standing stone, but it may not be prehistoric, at least in its present location, since it flanks one side of the entrance into enclosure VS33. Whether the enclosure was built around an existing monument or the stone was brought here to incorporate into the enclosure is uncertain, but the enclosure itself looks relatively recent.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 51

The monument known as Beinn Ruilibreac, standing stones and enclosures 360m ESE of, Vatersay, comprises a standing stone and associated enclosure that are to be found in rough and rocky ground on the SE of Ben Rulibreck on Vatersay. The area to be scheduled is rectangular and measures 50m SW-NE by 30m transversely, to include the stone, enclosure and an area around in which associated remains may survive.
HS Scheduling Document, 9.3.2005

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 136, No. 462 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.