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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bagh Mhiughlaigh Stone Alternative Name: Mingulay Standing StoneCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.657 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Barra and Vatersay Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: NL56858357
Latitude: 56.816517N Longitude: 7.626206W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Barra and Vatersay
Stone details taken from her.cne-siar.gov.uk/Monument/MWE143353
Location about 56.816519 , -7.6262062 although I have not been or visited to confirm.
MY1 (NL56858357) Standing stone.
Location: Shelf on hill-slope.
Description: Sited on the south flank of Macphee's Hill at the north end of Mingulay Bay, close to the possible chamber tomb MY2 and several artificially constructed platforms of unknown date and function (MY3 and 4). This is the only standing stone of note on the island that has clearly been erected and is not the result of natural processes. The dimensions of the stone as seen above ground level, 0.8 m high by 0.6 x 0.18 m in section, are substantial, but not comparable to the massive standing stones found on Barra at Brevig and Borve. The presence of other large randomly scattered stone blocks close by casts come doubt on MY1 functioning as a free-standing monolith and not part of a robbed chamber tomb similar to MY2 just a few metres to the east
Reference Brannigan and Foster 2000, 96-7.
Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033. ISBN 1841271373, 9781841271378
http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/saj.2001.23.2.177
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