What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Port Nan Long, Crois Mhic Jamain as Mound(s) (prehistoric), Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, common to many such monuments in the Western Isles. Local folklore or specific use is not widely recorded.
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Places near here
Ruin at Port nan LongOld home or work place · 308 yd
Port Nan Long, North UistPier (period Unassigned) · 311 yd
Port Nan LongEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 382 yd
Dun an SticirVisitor information · 425 yd
Remains of stone built causewayStanding or carved stone · 594 yd
Beinn a' ChaolaisMountain / peak · 1149 yd
Tràigh LingeighBeach / strand · 1497 yd
Loch nam BanBay · 1674 yd
Beinn BhreacMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Memorial on Beinn BhreacHeritage place · 1.1 mi
Eilean an DunainIslet · 1.1 mi
Beach leading to Eilean an DunainBeach · 1.1 mi