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Latitude: 57.1051 / 57°6'18"N
Longitude: -7.3765 / 7°22'35"W
OS Eastings: 74597
OS Northings: 814414
OS Grid: NF745144
Mapcode National: GBR 895Y.B3T
Mapcode Global: WGV4H.NNLZ
Entry Name: Pollachar,standing stone 250m SW of
Scheduled Date: 5 May 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5389
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
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 prehistoric standing stone.
The stone stands close to the shore near to Pollachar Inn, which marks and old ferry point. It is about 1.4m high, and made of an unshaped elongated slab of gneiss. The base of the stone is firmly set into the socket with packing stones, the tops of which protrude.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 10m in diameter centred on the stone, to include the stone, its socket and an area around in which evidence connected with its erection may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine field monument, an example of a standing stone which, while probably of prehistoric date, has served over the years as a land and sailing mark.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NF71SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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