Monument record 782 - AN CARRA, BEINN A' CHARRA, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 78640 69090 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF76NE |
Island | Benbecula |
Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF76NE 1 7864 6909.
(NF 7864 6909) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
This standing stone is situated on the summit of Beinn a' Charra, near the Committee Road. It is 9ft 3ins high and about a yard off the perpendicular, sloping towards the S.
E Beveridge 1911.
A standing stone, as described.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J T T) 5 June 1965.
This massive standing stone is known as Clach Bharnach Bhraodag - "limpet stone of Freya". It measures 9ft 3ins above the surface of the surrouding peat, 6ft 6ins in breadth and 2ft 6ins maximum thickness.
On the SE side of the stone, where the peat has been removed, the stone descends at least 2ft 6ins below the surface.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
Stone now 2m off perpendicular and a hole on S side is 50cm deep. Information contained in letter from Van Hoek 1980.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 263 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 84, No. 253 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM