Scheduled Monument
Ceann a'Gharaodh,stone circle and cairn 250m N ofSM5433
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 02/11/1992
- Type
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain); stone circle or ring
- Local Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Parish
- Uig
- NGR
- NB 22211 32574
- Coordinates
- 122211, 932574
Description
The monument consists of a circle of standing stones surrounding a much reduced burial cairn, both dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods.
The circle has five standing and two recumbent stones, although more probably existed originally. It is slightly elliptical, elongated N-S. At the approximate centre a low mound with several stone slabs showing marks the position of a much reduced burial cairn. Other protruding stones may be the result of disturbance of this cairn.
The area to be scheduled is an irregular triangle, bounded on the N, W and S by modern fences (which are themselves excluded) and including the circle and the cairn together with an area around them in which evidence relating to their construction and subsequent history may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Statement of National Importance
The monument is of national importance as a fine field monument, showing the distinctive combination of stone circle and burial cairn characteristic of several of the Callanish group. In addition it is part of the nationally important group of circles, settings and cairns centred on Callanish, and contributes to the extraordinary importance of this group, which has a high potential for explanation of the date, nature and purpose of megalithic ceremonial monuments.
References
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NB23SW 3.
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