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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carra Bhroin (Lochboisdale) Alternative Name: Carragh Broin; Stone of Sorrow
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.212 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Uist Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Lochboisdale
Map Ref: NF81172248
Latitude: 57.181883N Longitude: 7.278737W
Condition:

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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

no data Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
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no data Access:

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
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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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in South Uist

The Carra Bhroin or Carragh Broin standing stone is recorded on Canmore ID 10138. Canmore tell us in their original 1928 entry that the stone is " is situated 20 yards from the shore at the SE corner of Loch Nan Arm, on the left bank of a rivulet running into the loch. It is 2ft high, 2ft 7ins broad and 1ft 4ins thick. It is so named because a man, wounded in a nearby battle, lent his body against it." By 1965, they record "with the loch at its present level the stone is only about 10m from the shore." In 1965, it was reported that the stone had been destroyed in 'fencing operations' byt in April 1967, it was reported that there was a stone still in this position!

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also have a page for this stone - see their entry for Carra Bhroin, Lochboisdale, South Uist, which features a brief archaeology and history and folklore.

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NF8122 : Carragh Broin - The Stone of Sorrow by Marc Calhoun — by Marc Calhoun
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NF8122 : Loch Nan Arm by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2009(licence)

NF8122 : Distant view of Loch nan Arm by Julian Paren — by Julian Paren
©2016(licence)

NF8122 : Bealach a' Chaolais by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2009(licence)

NF8022 : The View to Loch nan Airm from Bealach na Doillaid by Marc Calhoun — by Marc Calhoun
©2010(licence)

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