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Latitude: 57.1705 / 57°10'13"N
Longitude: -7.3338 / 7°20'1"W
OS Eastings: 77746
OS Northings: 821473
OS Grid: NF777214
Mapcode National: GBR 898R.ZM0
Mapcode Global: WGW5G.91YB
Entry Name: Loch a'Bharp,chambered cairn 1200m SSW of Beinn-ri-Oitir
Scheduled Date: 22 November 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5178
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: South Uist
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument consists of a chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date (4500-2000BC). It consists of a large mound of stones, surrounded by a kerb of large boulders 28m in diameter. The burial chamber lies in the S portion of the cairn, and is oval in plan. It was reached by a narrow entrance passage 2m in length, now blocked with fallen stone.
A spread of stone to the S of the cairn is later in date, and consists of the ruins of shielings built of stone quarried from the cairn. The area to be scheduled is circular, centred upon the cairn and 80m in diameter, to include the cairn and the later structures set around it, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as a fine example of a Neolithic burial place. Although the burial chamber has been dug into in the past, it may still contain archaeological remains, and the body of the cairn will seal below it deposits which could yield, to excavation, valuable information regarding the construction and use of funerary monuments and contemporary land-use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NF 72 SE 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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