Monument record 1713 - CNOC LEATHAN, BREASCLETE, LEWIS

NB23NW 8 2165 3595.

There is a cairn with 4 almost continuous kerb stones set on edge and 3 other kerb stones enclosing a low mound of earth and small stones. The overall diameter is approximately 3.2m. It is situated on a local summit and overlooks the small valley behind the village of Breasclete. It is located near the upper end of Croft No 26 and has a fence running through the middle of it.
G R Curtis and M R Curtis 1991b.

'The monument known as Cnoc Leathan, kerb cairn 230m S of, Upper Breasclete comprises a small burial cairn of prehistoric date, situated on a small summit at the junction of two crofts. The area to be scheduled is a square of 10m side, oriented NE-SW and NW-SE, lying exactly half in each croft and situated 27.8m S of the boundary wall between the crofts and the open hill.'
HS Scheduling Document 1 December 1992.

G R and M R Curtis and Curtis, 1991b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 76 (Bibliographic reference). SWE18559.