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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc nan Clach (Hillock of Stone) Alternative Name: Sildinis Kerb CairnCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.877 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Lewis Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stornoway / Steornabhagh Nearest Village: Balallan / Baile Ailein
Map Ref: NB2886718971
Latitude: 58.076539N Longitude: 6.600526W
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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This Neolithic/Bronze Age Stone Setting is recorded as Canmore ID 293946, which says: "Two prehistoric stone settings … a theodolite survey of the horizon was undertaken. At the top of the hillock protruding above the general level of the moor, there is a low mound of stones and grass surrounded by peat and heather. On it is an annular oval setting, about 8 x 6m overall, of 13 stones which are up to 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.9m high. There are two or more stones internally. The other setting has two orthostats near the W edge of a spread of stones - possibly a denuded cairn - covering an area about 16 x 10m. The latter setting ('cairn') is on the summit and the annular setting lies to the NNE with a space of 12m between them."
(Note: only now do I realise that the stream I crossed, Abhainn na Muilne, the Millstream, might be worth following in the hope of finding the site of a Norse mill).
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