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<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach An Teampuill (Taransay) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Isle of Harris

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach An Teampuill (Taransay) Alternative Name: Clach An Teampaill, Stone of the Church
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Harris Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: NB01280077
Latitude: 57.895977N  Longitude: 7.043454W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Clach An Teampuill (Taransay)
Clach An Teampuill (Taransay) submitted by Andy B : Clach an Teampuill Standing stone near Uidhe Copyright Becky Williamson and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Taransay

Clach an Teampuill is a rough four-sided pillar stone, 5ft 9ins high, bearing an incised Latin cross on its western face (RCAHMS 1928). Thomas states that although there was no tradition of a church at Uidh he had no doubt that there was one there formerly. A circular bronze brooch, 3ins in diameter, found at Uidh, is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).

There is no trace of a chapel at the site shown on the OS 6"map, (1903), an unlikely situation on a slope, but immediately to the east of the stone there is a small platform oriented E-W which could be the footings of a building but it is impossible to say if it is the chapel.

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Clach An Teampuill (Taransay)
Clach An Teampuill (Taransay) submitted by Andy B : Clach an Teampuill, Taransay. This ancient standing stone must have predated any associated church (teampuill) by hundreds or even thousands of years. Photo copyright Douglas Wilcox (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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NB0100 : Taransay - Loch na h-Uidhe by Peter Standing
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NB0100 : Tràigh a Siar, Taransay by Becky Williamson
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