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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Snizort Stone Setting Alternative Name: Snizort Stone Circle, Cuidrach Stone Setting, Snizert (misspelling)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Skye Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Uig Nearest Village: Kingsburgh
Map Ref: NG38755962 Landranger Map Number: 23
Latitude: 57.550952N Longitude: 6.368598W
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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bishop_pam visited on 5th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2
In early 2015, Canmore updated their website, and also provided a new, accurate 8-digit OS reference for what they term the Cuidrach Stone Setting, at NG38755962, which ties down the location to a 10-metre square. The description often associated with this setting, Snizert Stone Circle is misspelled (should be Snizort) and vague. Snizort Parish is a big place. The setting is now named from Cuidrach Estate, on which it stands.
The original article contained other errors: the site was said to be ‘one third of a mile’ south of the Cuidrach road, but is in fact a mere 130 metres from it, and the telegraph pole quoted as a guide is actually a power-line post.
Once you know where to look, Cuidrach Stone Setting is easily found: it is in fact clearly visible from the roadside. From the A856 from Portree to Uig, follow the Cuidrach road from NG390597 for 150 metres and park in a large lay-by/passing place. You will see a power line (on wooden posts) crossing the road a few metres ahead. Look left. One powerline post stands close by, but let your gaze move on to the second post (to the southwest). Just left of it you will see the stones, just 130 metres distant over what can often be rather boggy ground (so stout footwear is recommended).
Five stones standing on the arc of a circle are immediately obvious, and a sixth can be seen from close quarters, prostrate, barely peeking out from the boggy ground within the circle.
It is probable that this monument is the remains of a stone circle, since the original report stated that probing had identified buried stones in the gaps.
Circle diameter: 11 by 10 feet
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