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Image of Cnoc Nan Dursainean (Chambered Cairn) by greywether

Two edges of the square cairn can be seen running mid-left, centre-bottom, mid-right.

Shallow forecourt on the right (SE) edge of this cairn.

Chamber in the centre.

And what a view ....

Image of Cnoc Nan Dursainean (Chambered Cairn) by greywether

Looking SE over the chamber towards the large entrance stone in the passage forecourt.

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Cnoc Nan Dursainean

Compared to the Uists, there are few chambered cairns on Lewis and Harris and this, on paper anyway, looked like the best surviving and so worth a visit. Helpfully, it’s on a waymarked trail (of sorts).

On the Eye Peninsula, head for Garrabost. Turn right at (if I remember correctly) Graham Avenue at the top of which is a parking area leading to the start of the trail. The information board has been vandalised!.

The cairn is visible on the horizon which is just as well as some of the waymarked posts have fallen.

And it’s a good one.

The stones of the square cairn are clearly visible and you can still trace the forecourt, passage and chamber. Many of the remaining stones are over 1m and the tallest is 1.6m.

From its location on top of the hill there are all-round views.

Recommended.

Visited 2 August 2004

Miscellaneous

Cnoc Nan Dursainean
Chambered Cairn

Canmore (NB53SW2) is way out of date on this not having been updated since 1964! Some nonsense about the cairn being surrounded by a stone circle.

Henshall wrote it up in 1972 as a Hebridean chambered tomb set (unusually) in a square cairn. And that’s how it still looks today!

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