Monument record 319 - CLACH STEI LIN, LEWIS

NB35SE 3 3970 5456

(NB 398 546) Clachan Mora Steinacleit (NR)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

"... a pointed standing stone marked Clachan Mora Stein-acleit on OS map, but known to the people in the neighbourhood as Clach Stei Lin. It measures 5ft high, 2ft 2 ins broad and 1ft 1 in. thick.
Lying S by W of this stone at a distance of some 141ft is a long prostrate stone partly buried in the ground, 12ft 3 ins in length and 2ft 9 ins in breadth. At 42ft to the SE of the erect pillar is a slab at least 5ft in length and 1ft 3 ins in breadth also embedded in peat. The two last stones have much the appearance of overthrown standing stones, in which case they probably are the remains of a circle.
To the W of the standing stone and the prostrate pillar to the S is a peaty bank forming an arc of a circle, the SW portion of which contains a considerable quantity of stones".
RCAHMS 1928, visited 10 July 1914.

"The hill on which this feature stands is named 'Airidh an Tuim' - 'The Shieling of the Hillock'. The Name Book (1852) describes it as a 'mossy hill, which is small, round and flat', but does not mention any stones at all, and none are shown on the published sheet. Hence any banks may relate simply to shielings."
Name Book 1852; OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., (1852)

Clach Stei Lin, at NB 3970 5456, and the other stones mentioned by the RCAHMS form part of a sub-circular drystone enclosure of indeterminate date, measuring c. 44.0m. N-S by c. 38.0m. E-W. Traces of another contiguous enclosure can be seen to the NE. Name known locally.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 20 June 1969.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 8, No. 18 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

G and M Ponting and Ponting, 1977b, The Standing Stones of Callanish, 31 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13307.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 5C, 19 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.