Scheduled Monument

Clach an Tursa, standing stones and enclosure, LewisSM1662

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
17/08/1939
Last Date Amended
27/01/2005
Type
Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone, Secular: enclosure
Local Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Parish
Uig
NGR
NB 20419 42954
Coordinates
120419, 942954

Description

The monument comprises three large stones, one standing and the other two prostrate (one broken), and an area around them in which related remains may survive. The monument is already scheduled, but this rescheduling rectifies inaccuracies in the 1999 map.

The upright stone is about 2.2m high and 1m across. One metre to the NE is a 3.6m-long stone which appears to have formerly stood erect, as may also another recumbent, broken stone totalling 4.5m in length lying 3.5m to the W of the upright one. To the S are foundations of a rectangular structure of later date, measuring some 7m by 9m.

The area to be scheduled measures about 25m NE-SW by 12m on the map, to include the upright and two fallen stones, the later enclosure and an area around and between them in which evidence relating to their erection and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The above ground remains of modern fencelines are not included in the scheduling, to allow for their maintenance.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as a site of prehistoric ritual significance which has the potential to provide information about prehistoric ritual activity and also about contemporary environmental conditions.

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We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

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