<< Text Pages >> Leac nan Cailleacha Dubha - Standing Stones in Scotland in North Uist
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leac nan Cailleacha Dubha Alternative Name: VallayCountry: Scotland County: North Uist Type: Standing Stones
Map Ref: NF79087650 Landranger Map Number: 18
Latitude: 57.663553N Longitude: 7.383812W
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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Pair of Standing Stones in North Uist
Aubrey Burl lists these as a stone pair in his Stone Rows book and gives the location as NF785763, which is incorrect. He also relates a legend of the stones being "where two old women milking other people's cows were killed and buried". (RCAHMS 1928)
The current RCAHMS states: These two stones, 0.5m apart, were located at NF 7908 7650. The northernmost stone measures 1.6m high by 1.1m wide by 0.2m thick: the other measures 1.4m high by 0.9m wide and 0.2m thick. They probably represent the remains of a burial-chamber. Their name could not be confirmed.
Source: Canmore
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