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Airidh na h-Aon Oidche Chambered Cairn Image © Billmac Nearest Town: Uig (59km ENE) OS Ref (GB):     NF816526 / Sheet: 22 Latitude: 57° 27' 6.17" N Longitude:     7° 18' 34.25" W Added by Billmac Images (4) Fieldnotes (2) Folklore (1) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Airidh na h-Aon Oidche Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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The cairn can be accessed from the track which runs E from NF805536. Some of the cairn material has been used to build sheilings. The nearby cairn mentioned by Billmac is Stiaraval. Visited 29 July 2004 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by greywether 2nd October 2004ce

This ruined chambered cairn can be seen on the eastern horizon between the market stance and the war memorial in Benbecula on the A865 There is another cairn close by Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Billmac 21st April 2004ce Edited 21st April 2004ce

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This cairn has a grisly tale associated with it.Three men were working on the moor . One had a useless dog but his father said it was put on earth for a purpose. During the night three women arrived at the sheiling they were staying in. Two couples retired to a back room . The third man noticed that the woman he was with had a cloven hoof. He fled with the witch chasing him. He turned to his dog and pleaded with it that it had been no use up 'til now, but to help him now. The dog turned back and the man fled to Nunton. He left a bowl of cream outside his house and next day found the dog dead beside the bowl without a hair on its body. The two other men were found dead and the Aird na h-Aon Oidche was never again used as a sheiling (See Benbecula Ray Burnett) Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Billmac 21st April 2004ce