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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Meall Na Hoa | Cairn | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 11th May 2025 | 2 | 3 | 3 | The Cairn is a little disappointing, with only the central boulder visible, but with a raised edge, probably further overgrown stones. Otherwise Moore and Wilson's description is accurate. There is another feature about 150m to the East (a 40-metre boulder ridge) which may be a prehistoric built structure with a later additional structure at its NE extremity. | ||
| Port Sonachan | Chambered Cairn | Scotland | Argyll | Visited | 6th Apr 2025 | 2 | 5 | 3 | A great site although not easy access with a substantial wall blocking the direct approach from the track opposite the hotel's pier. If you follow the track to the water tank area, there is easier access across a non-barbed fence. To see the site at its best, go in the late winter or early spring, before the bracken covers any features, particularly the stone lined ?bothy? on the eastern flank.
There is a virtual 3D model of the site available... Read More |
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| Leacach an Tigh Cloiche | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 8th Feb 2025 | I revisited the site on Saturday and created a 3D photo sequence. The resulting model can be seen on Sketchfab | |||||
| Barp Hacklett | Chambered Cairn | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 2nd Feb 2025 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The site is more interesting than its Canmore description suggests, rising as a green mound, like an island above a 'sea' of deep heather. The surface has much masonry strewn across it, some employed to line and define sub-circular indentations - post-medieval Sheiling bothies. The highest point is defined by a drystone cairn.
Within the heather there are several boulders or bedrock exposures which are mostly hidden from view but may be relate... Read More |
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| Dun Leiravay | Stone Fort or Dun | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 1st Feb 2023 | 2 | 4 | 3 | I made an extensive survey of the Stromban peninsula and Leireabhagh Island from February to May 2023.
It was seen that the (then) reported position on Canmore of Dun Leireabhagh was incorrect, its true position is at NF 91212 67897.
In prehistory, the loch was fresh water, but with the slow sinking of the Uist islands, the waters of the minch have innundated the loch which is now open to the sea through two narrow sounds with strong currents w... Read More |
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| Benbencula, Hacklett | Ancient Village or Settlement | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 4th Oct 2023 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Not my first visit to this multiperiod site, but my most recent. Visit prompted by researching an interesting alignment of the Hacklet Stone to the midwinter solstice sunrise, when observed from the Stone Circle at Suidheachadh Beag (see Suidhheachadh Sealg on this site).
Previous suggestions have been that the Hacklet Strone is a toppled Standing Stone - however its position is, I believe, exactly as placed. The angulation of the stone means... Read More |
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| Dun Fhearchair | Stone Fort or Dun | Scotland | Isle of Benbecula | Visited | 31st Jan 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Canmore rightly states that the cairn had reduced in size from c.45ft diameter in 1915 to 10 metres in 1965.
What was not recorded is the presence of a post-clearance farm cottage (now in a ruinous state) and the more recent erection of an electricity pole at the site. The presence of high voltage cables discouraged me from creating a virtual 3D survey of the site!
The original Dun would have taken up most of the ground area of the headland... Read More |
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| Leacach an Tigh Cloiche | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 22nd Jan 2024 | 2 | 5 | 2 | The site at Leacach an Tigh Cloiche is complex, the earliest part comprises of a standing stone adjacent to a ruined chambered cairn. This has been overlaid by at least one medieval building and a handful of smaller structures, probably post medieval shieling huts, These later structures made use of much of the cairn material, although the mound and many of the curb stones are still identifiable.
The standing stone is as described and is very ... Read More |
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| Not-so-Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 17th Mar 2024 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Signage at Langass Woodland has been renewed and updated. New footpaths have been laid to make access to Hercules the Bear's grave easier. It also serves as a section of the Hebridean Way walking/cycling route. Several local stones have been positioned in an upright position - if nothing else, as a homage to the neolithic heritage of the area. | ||
| Bheinn a Charra | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 19th Apr 2024 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Visited during research for new book 'Uist Archaeology Walks with UCAG' (ISBN 978-1068619007), publishing May 2024. Great site, visible from Committee Road when approaching from SW. 3D model at https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/beinn-a-charra-standing-stone-16ed8a9a191644fe84663003f7133b59. First site along a walk out to Marrogh Cambered Cairn and Standing Stone. | ||
| Hacklett Standing Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | North Uist | Visited | 13th Jun 2020 | 3 | 3 | 2 | An interesting site. (w3w ///cultivation.doormat.segmented) The stone is visible in the landscape from some distance but is likely to have been moved from its original position. It is now propped up at an angle and some old walling fits with Carmichael's assertion that it was fulfilling a new role as a pigpen roof. Although it is suggested this might have been a standing stone, an alternative possibility is that it was a dolmen capstone, although... Read More |
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| Suidhheachadh Sealg | Stone Circle | Scotland | Isle of Benbecula | Visited | 17th Aug 2023 | 3 | 3 | Sited on a ridge with good visibility from the surrounding hinterland. Only a single stone upstanding, others are either earthbound or toppled. The circle incorporates a ruinous chambered cairn within its circumference with some of the cist stones prominently protruding from the ground | |||
| Nether Largie standing stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | Argyll | Visited | 10th Jun 2015 | 4 | 4 | It seems the site has been pretty much restored. This stone is now upright once more in the middle of a field of general pasture with easy access from he adjacent footpath. I took a series of pictures using Gopro camera and pole for elevated access, from which a 3D photogrammetry picture was produced. Not sure if the site will allow the 3D image on the page, but it is accessible at https://sketchfab.com/models/75b8a5b76a9046b1a27062af9ff6df9f |