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Latitude: 58.2001 / 58°12'0"N
Longitude: -6.8166 / 6°48'59"W
OS Eastings: 117121
OS Northings: 933591
OS Grid: NB171335
Mapcode National: GBR 97K1.NJC
Mapcode Global: WGX1T.8572
Entry Name: Aird Callanish,cairn 200m SW of,Crulivig
Scheduled Date: 1 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5459
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Uig
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Sgir'Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument consists of a small burial cairn, probably of
prehistoric date. The cairn is largely denuded, and survives as a low mound of earth and small stones, approximately 6m in diameter. There is a single upright stone 1m high, and several large stones suggest that there was once a kerb around the perimeter of the cairn. Tumbled stone on the slope to the E suggests that the cairn was formerly much more prominent. The area to be scheduled is a rectangle, 20m SW-NE by 15m NW-SE, with the NW side 11m from the modern fence, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a member of the large Callanish group of prehistoric remains, and for its own sake as a small prehistoric burial cairn which although reduced appears to be undisturbed at its heart, and may conceal important evidence for prehistoric ritual and burial practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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