Monument record 1652 - CNOC NA H-INGHINN A' RUAIDHA, BREASCLETE, LEWIS

NB23NW 11 2088 3581.

NB 2088 3581. There is a possible cairn comprising a stone setting of some 18 earthfast stones in a low grassy mound approximately 6m diameter.
It is located almost at the summit of a long ridge of smooth bedrock mostly covered by thin turf and heather. It is near the N end of the village of Breasclete and has an open view of East Loch Roag.
Some 5m to the NE there is a smaller setting about 2.1m by 1m of about
7 stones set on edge possibly outlining a boat-shaped grave. There is a depression in the grass between the two settings.
There is an associated legend that a boat came in with a dead red-haired maiden who was buried on this hilltop. Cnoc na h-Inghinna Ruaidha means The Hill of the Red-Haired Maiden.
M R Curtis and G R Curtis 1992.

M R and G R Curtis and Curtis, 1992i, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 86 (Bibliographic reference). SWE25409.