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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach An Tursa Alternative Name: Stone of Sadness, Carloway Row, Clach an TrushalCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.902 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Lewis Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Stornoway Nearest Village: Carloway
Map Ref: NB2042242952 Landranger Map Number: 8
Latitude: 58.285938N Longitude: 6.771948W
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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SandyG visited on 7th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Access to the stone row from the public highway is available at NB 20211 42764. From here walk up to the house and seek permission. The stone row is situated in a small narrow field behind the house.
rrmoser visited on 28th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Stop at the Blue pig and ask. I was invited by the owner of the land, a most beautiful person and perfect steward of the stone. We had tea and great conversation. One of my best visits in Lewis.
SumDoood visited on 16th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 I walked from the road and down the drive of a house that seemed not to be occupied, then on down a field of long grass. This is a curious place where the sloping land seems to have been levelled around and downslope from the stones.
Andy B tom_bullock have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.33
A standing 8-foot stone and two split prostrate stones originally 13-feet long, they possibly formed a stone row.
Update October 2019: This stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Clach An Tursa, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a recent survey carried out in August 2017, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, access information and links to online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 4212 and scheduled as SM1662 (Clach an Tursa, standing stones and enclosure, Lewis) by Historic Environment Scotland.
The SRoGB asks visitors to note: "Access to the stone row from the public highway is available at NB 20211 42764. From here walk up to the house and seek permission. The stone row is situated in a small narrow field behind the house".
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