Druim Dubh

Also known as:
Halfway Garage
Nearest town:
Stornoway (5km ENE)
OS reference:
NB382305
OS sheet:
8
Latitude:
58° 11' 8.08 N
Longitude:
6° 27' 16.49 W
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Images

Image of Druim Dubh (Stone Circle) by Moth

14 July 2006 Not a great deal to see from the road – you can just see a few of the stones

Image credit: Tim Clark
Moth
Moth Mar 30, 2007
Image of Druim Dubh (Stone Circle) by Kammer

Taken 6th August 2004: One of the fallen stones, with what appears to be the remains of a stone socket underneath it.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Jul 5, 2005
Image of Druim Dubh (Stone Circle) by Kammer

Taken 6th August 2004: Two of the stones with the A859 visible in the background.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Jul 5, 2005

Articles

Druim Dubh

C
CARL Jul 5, 2012

Visited 1.6.12

My last day on the Western Isles before catching the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool. It is fair to say that I leave Lewis with a heavy heart but I am comforted in the fact that I have more adventures to come.

On the way to Stornoway I can make one last site visit – Druim Dubh.

I am afraid to report that the Halfway garage is now closed, boarded up and starting to fall into disrepair. There is a lot of litter about. It does however still provide a good marker in order to spot the stone circle.

The remaining stones have all fallen and are all about 1 metre in length. The stones occupy a slight rise. Pity they aren’t re-errected.

If you are ever heading to Stornoway (as you do) this ruined circle is well worth a quick look.

Druim Dubh

Kammer
Kammer Jul 6, 2005

Visited 6th August 2004: This is an easy site to find thanks to the Halfway Garage. My visit was extremely brief because we were pressed for time, but to be honest there isn’t a great deal of ambience to be soaked up here.

Druim Dubh

greywether
greywether Aug 14, 2004

An elipse (28m x 21m) comprising 16 stones, all fallen and with seven visible in the peat cutting.

Great views all round although apparently no significant connections with the hills to the S associated with Callanish.

Visited 2 August 2004

Druim Dubh

sals
sals Jul 22, 2002

A fallen stone circle opposite the “Halfway Garage” on the A859 south of Stornoway. It was discovered by Margaret Curtis, who spotted it from a bus window, apparently!

Miscellaneous

Druim Dubh
Stone Circle
Kammer
Kammer Jul 6, 2005

In Issue 147 (page 98) of Current Archaeology (published 1996), there’s an article describing the discovery of Druim Dubh. This is the taster:

A new stone circle has been discovered at Druim Dubh on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. . Local archaeologist Margaret Curtis describes how she discovered the circle while travelling to Stornoway on the bus to do her shopping, and scanning the countryside: and there it was, a fallen stone circle sitting in peat cutting, beside the road!

A terribly constructed paragraph, but it serves it’s purpose.

Topics

Current Archaeology article 1

Jul 2005
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trax
Apr 2003

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