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<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach Mhor a' Che - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in North Uist

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach Mhor a' Che
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Uist Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Carinish
Map Ref: NF770662  Landranger Map Number: 18
Latitude: 57.569962N  Longitude: 7.404787W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
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 Mhor a' Che
Clach Mhor a' Che submitted by Andy B : Clach Mhor Standing Stone above the causeway that leads from Bereray to North Uist earlier today. Photo Credit: Carolyn Kennett [ @CarolynKennett on Twitter] (Vote or comment on this photo)
This impressive stone stands 20m to the NE of a chambered cairn (see comment below for details of that). The stone is aligned E-W and measures 1.15m in breadth by 0.35m in thickness at the base and 2.5m in height. Its north face is rounded and weathered and its S face, though now also weathered, has been split from rock. Stones lie around its foot, some of which may be chocking stones, but others are no more than modern clearance.

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Clach Mhor a' Che
Clach Mhor a' Che submitted by Andy B : Clach Mhor Standing Stone above the causeway that leads from Bereray to North Uist earlier today. Photo Credit: Carolyn Kennett [ @CarolynKennett on Twitter] (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby: Dun Na Carnaich chambered cairn by Andy B on Saturday, 10 June 2023
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This Clyde group, square chambered cairn is in a field, only 30ft from and 10ft above high water mark. It has been considerably robbed, but still stands about 6ft high to the W of the chamber. The surface is very uneven and is mainly turf-covered. The edge is fairly clear except on the N side where there has ben more disturbance.

The cairn appears to be almost square on plan, with rounded corners, about 70 to 75ft across. The worst damage to the monument is a trench about 12ft wide which has been dug to almost ground level across the cairn from NE to SW, involving the destruction of the inner part of the chamber. A fence crosses the SSE side. Across the N side of the cairn there are four large slabs which have stood in an lost straight line to form a facade. The westernmost stone is set at an angle across the NW corner of the cairn; it can be seen (in a hollow dug against its N face) to be 3ft high.

The next stone has fallen and now lies horizontally with a space below it. The next stone, which has probably formed the E portal of the entrance, stands 1ft 6 ins high above the cairn material. The stone to the E now leans steeply to the S with its foot covered by turf; its original position can be estimated and the stone has been between 5 and 6 ft high. Cairn material extends 8 or 9ft in front of the facade stones. A fifth stone is set on the edge of the cairn at the NE corner and projects 1ft 9in. Seven orthostats of the chamber or passage are exposed, arranged on an axis bearing NNE to SSW from the centre of the facade.

The two rows of stones lean towards each other, and the interior space is now filled with stones. Owing to the uneven robbing of the site, and the slant of the stones, the plan now appears more irregular than is probably the case. The existing structure is 20ft long. The innermost pair of stones is heavier and taller than the others, exposed at the maximum to 4ft high. At the S end the stones are 4ft 3 ins apart. The E stone overlaps its neighbour by 4in.
Visited by A S Henshall 26 April 1962 - A S Henshall Chambered Tombs of Scotland 2 MSS.
More at Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/9981/north-uist-westford-dun-na-carnaich
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