Craonaval

Nearest town:
Uig (56km ENE)
OS reference:
NF833627
OS sheet:
22
Latitude:
57° 32' 35.69 N
Longitude:
7° 17' 39.85 W
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Images

Image of Craonaval (Chambered Cairn) by greywether

The vegetation covers some of the more horizontal stones but in this view looking W can be seen
– (near the centre) the back stone of the inner compartment
– (in front of that) the septal stones dividing the chamber into two compartments
– (bottom left corner) side stone of outer compartment.

In the distance can be seen a stone marking the edge of the cairn.

greywether
greywether Sep 21, 2004

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Craonaval

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 31, 2019

We headed east across the spongy heather in heavy drizzle to the Clyde styled chamber cairn. Vegetation has overgrown most of the cairn but the chambers are just about visible.

The most clear part of the site is the cist which is 11m from the chamber, sadly quite near a fence.

This must have been another fantastic site back in the day, but like a lot of places has seen a lot of damage.

Visited 22/7/2019.

Craonaval

greywether
greywether Sep 14, 2004

Although described by Henshall as “unclassified chamber, round cairn” it looks just like an example of a Clyde cairn.

(The main difference between Clyde cairns and Hebridean Passage Graves – or, indeed, any other form of Scottish chambered cairn – is that Clyde cairns have no passage. The chambers start at the edge of the cairn.)

North Uist may seem a long way from Clyde cairn territory but nearby Clettraval is widely accepted as being a Clyde cairn. It has the more usual long cairn but Clyde round cairns do exist.

The edge of the cairn at Craonaval is not easy to see because of the vegetation but the two-compartment rectangular chamber is clearly visible.

Visited 26 July 2004

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