Monument record 569 - ARD AN RUNAIR, HOUGARY, NORTH UIST

NF67SE 5 6953 7129.

(NF 695 712) Two grassy mounds at the end of Ard an Runair, opposite Hongary, appear to be unchambered cairns. The larger has a basal diameter of 18ft.
E Beveridge 1911.

The larger of the grassy mounds was located at NF 6953 7129. It is a stony grass-covered mound, measuring 8.1m NE-SW by 7.3m transversely, with a maximum height of c. 1.3m. Some 12.0m to the NE is a much smaller mound of similar construction. They appear to be turf-covered stone-clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (W D J) 19 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 65 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 79-80, No. 236 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.