Monument record 650 - SLIGEANACH KILDONAN, SOUTH UIST

Summary

And NF 7270 2869, site of standing stone, human remains found, now covered by sand

Location

Grid reference NF 72730 28600 (point)
Map sheet NF72NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NF72NW 3 7273 2860 and 7270 2869.

(NF 7273 2860) Standing Stone (NR)
(NF 7270 2869) Human Remains found (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

A standing stone, 7ft high, 2ft 11 ins wide at the base and 12 ins thick, is situated on the machair 400 yards west of the northern end of Loch Kildonan in South Uist.
About 100 yards to the NNW, there are two prostrate stones, one lying across the other. One is 6 1/2ft long and the other 6ft. Some 18ft ENE is a third prostrate stone 7 1/2ft long.
RCAHMS 1928.

No information was obtained on the standing stone or when the human remains were found.
Name Book 1878.

This standing stone now measures 1.2m high by 0.8m wide by 0.3m thick. Drifting sand accounts for the difference in height. No trace was found of the other stones mentioned by RCAHMS (1928) nor was anything seen at the site where 'human remains found' is published.
Visited by OS (W D J) 7 May 1965.

Only top surface now visible.
M Ponting and G Ponting 1977.

No longer visible. MML 2000


RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 119, No. 406 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

M and G Ponting and Ponting, 1977a, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 18 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12975.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 12, 22, 25 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: M and G Ponting and Ponting. 1977a. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 18. 18.
  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 22, 25.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 119, No. 406.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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