Scheduled Monument

Airidh nam Bidearan,standing stones N ofSM6018

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
06/06/1994
Supplementary Information Updated
19/07/2023
Type
Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Local Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Parish
Uig
NGR
NB 23474 29894
Coordinates
123474, 929894

Description

The monument consists of a group of standing stones, perhaps the remains of a prehistoric stone circle or setting.

Three upright stone slabs are set on a NE-facing slope, at about 45m above OD. They are from 1.1m to 0.8m high, and are set in a curving arc suggesting the W part of a large circle. However, two less substantial stones, one 35m to the N and one 30m to the SE, would not fit into this plan if contemporary. The setting may be linked in function or origin to the many other circles and stone settings in

the area, part of the large Callanish grouping of Neolithic ritual monuments.

The area to be scheduled is a square of side 100m, aligned N-S, to include all five stones and an area around them, particularly to the E, in which further fallen stones and other remains may lie concealed. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as an element of the Callanish group of Neolithic ritual monuments. As part of that group, it has the potential to provide insights into prehistoric ritual activity.

References

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NB 22 NW 1.

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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.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

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