Rubha Na Moine

Nearest town:
Uig (79km NE)
OS reference:
NF7793813826
OS sheet:
31
Latitude:
57° 6' 8.63 N
Longitude:
7° 19' 11.61 W
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Image of Rubha Na Moine (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Cairn near centre, looking towards an old jetty which doubles up as a passenger ferry.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
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drewbhoy Aug 31, 2023
Image of Rubha Na Moine (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

From the island nearest the road causeway, cairn is left of centre. Eriskay nearby, Barra in the distance.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 31, 2023
Image of Rubha Na Moine (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The cairn is bang centre on an island to the west of the causeway to Eriskay.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
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drewbhoy Aug 31, 2023

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Rubha Na Moine

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 28, 2023

Parking can be found near the causeway that leads to Eriskay and luckily for me as I headed west the tide was out. Unfortunately I had on mountain boots, wellingtons would be a far better option here.

The island nearest the causeway is supposed to have a cairn, sadly after a good look on the small grass area I found nothing that looked prehistoric.

Further west is another island which does have a cairn, which can be seen. Between the two islands is a sea of seaweed and mud, I had on the completely wrong footwear so didn’t chance going further on.

What can be seen is a grass covered cairn that is nearly 7m wide, being almost 0.5 tall.

I made my way back to car via climbing up the side of the causeway. Long legs are a great help.

Visited 06/08/2023.

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