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Berneray

Standing Stone (Prehistoric) - (Early Medieval)

Site Name Berneray

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric) - (Early Medieval)

Canmore ID 21370

Site Number NL58SE 4

NGR NL 56 80

NGR Description NL c. 56 80

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Barra
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NL58SE 4 c. 56 80.

'There is in this Island (of Berneray) an altar dedicated to St. Cristopher, at which the natives perform their devotion. There is a stone set up hereabout seven feet high, and when the inhabitants come near it they take a religious turn round it'.

M Martin 1934.

No further information could be obtained during field work.

Visited by OS (W D J) 18 May 1965.

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