Cleitreabhal A Tuath

Nearest town:
Uig (65km E)
OS reference:
NF7441871588
OS sheet:
18
Latitude:
57° 36' 59.48 N
Longitude:
7° 27' 14.61 W
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Image of Cleitreabhal A Tuath (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

On a very good day looking north west St Kilda can be seen.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 18, 2019
Image of Cleitreabhal A Tuath (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

Possibly the remains of a chamber, loads of stones have been used to make shieling huts.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 18, 2019
Image of Cleitreabhal A Tuath (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

The enclosure in the background is built on top of the Corary Cairn. This looking west.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 18, 2019

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Cleitreabhal A Tuath

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 27, 2019

A final trek up to Clettraval led to an unexpected discovery of the remains of another chamber cairn, a conversation with our new found friends at Berneray helped.

About 300m short of the view point look west and downhill, the site can be clearly seen. Just beyond is the cairn at Corary.

Being 20m wide and 4m tall, several huts presumably shooting butts have been made. However on the south side at least 5 kerbs remain providing evidence of the cairns existance.

On a really clear day St. Kilda can be seen from here, makes you wonder if that was the reason for its positioning.

Visited 29/7/2019

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