Alternative Names Callanish Xii; Calanais
Site type STANDING STONE
Canmore ID 4171
Site Number NB23SW 5
NGR NB 2155 3496
Council WESTERN ISLES
Parish UIG
Former Region WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS AREA
Former District WESTERN ISLES
Former County ROSS AND CROMARTY

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Archaeological Notes

NB23SW 5 2155 3496.

(NB 2155 3596) Stone (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1965)

A standing stone - a flat slab of gneiss,3'5" high and 5 1/2" thick, packed at base with small stones - was revealed by peat - cutting about 1923, on the south side of the road some 300 yards NW of Breasclete School.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1923.

A standing stone as described by RCAHMS
Surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS (R L) 20 June 1969.

Ponting and Ponting, G and M (1984a) The stones around Callanish: a guide to the minor megalithic sites of the Callanish area, Callanish, Isle of Lewis
Page(s): 35 Held at RCAHMS E.7.11.PON

RCAHMS (1928) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, Edinburgh
Page(s): 24, No. 88 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV(9)

University of Glasgow, Department of Geography (1978) Callanish: a map of the standing stones and circles at Callanish, Isle of Lewis, with a detailed plan of each site, {Glasgow}
Held at RCAHMS E.7.11.CAL.P