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.
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.
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!
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.
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