Monument record 217 - CUL A'CHLEIT, LEWIS
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NB 24698 30339 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NB23SW |
| Island | Lewis |
| Parish | UIG, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NB23SW 7 2465 3034.
(NB 2465 3034) Stone (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1965)
Two standing stones so placed as to suggest that they are the remains of a stone circle stand on the summit of Cul a' Chleit near its eastern side.
The larger stone measures 5'6" in height, 3'2" in breadth and from 13" to 2' in thickness, while the other, which stands 56'10" to the SW is 3' high, 2'10" broad and 7" thick. Some 19 1/2" WNW of the first is a flat slab 5'6" long and 5'1" broad, with another prostrate stone 5'2" long and 3'4" broad lying 10" south of it.
There are some ruined shielings in the immediate neighbourhood which accounts for the destruction of the circle.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
Two upright stones, the most northerly a fine monolith, on the summit of a small but prominent rocky knoll. Despite two or three rough slabs lying prone to the W, it is difficult to believe that they constitute the remains of a stone circle, because of the very uneven and rocky nature of the knoll.
Surveyed at 1/10,000
Visited by OS (A A) 4 July 1969.
Site is as described by (A A) above.
K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES) 04/01/2021
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 29, No. 95 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
A Thom, 1967a, Megalithic Sites in Britain, 127-8, 138 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7507.
M, G and G R Ponting, Ponting , 1976, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 57, Callanish VI (Bibliographic reference). SWE13424.
{H} A {W} Burl, 1976a, The Stone Circles of the British Isles, 358 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2801.
G and M Ponting and Ponting, 1977b, The Standing Stones of Callanish, 29 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13307.
University of Glasgow, Departm, 1978, Callanish: a map of the standing stones and circles at Callanish, Isle of Lewis (Bibliographic reference). SWE13317.
G and M Ponting and Ponting, 1984a, The Stones around Callanish: a guide to the minor megalithic sites of the Callanish area, 24-5 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5376.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SWE13307 Bibliographic reference: G and M Ponting and Ponting. 1977b. The Standing Stones of Callanish. 29.
- --- SWE13317 Bibliographic reference: University of Glasgow, Departm. 1978. Callanish: a map of the standing stones and circles at Callanish, Isle of Lewis.
- --- SWE13424 Bibliographic reference: M, G and G R Ponting, Ponting . 1976. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 57-60. 57, Callanish VI.
- --- SWE2801 Bibliographic reference: {H} A {W} Burl. 1976a. The Stone Circles of the British Isles. 358.
- --- SWE5376 Bibliographic reference: G and M Ponting and Ponting. 1984a. The Stones around Callanish: a guide to the minor megalithic sites of the Callanish area. 24-5.
- --- SWE5587 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 29, No. 95.
- --- SWE7507 Bibliographic reference: A Thom. 1967a. Megalithic Sites in Britain. 127-8, 138.
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Record last edited
Feb 16 2022 12:30PM
