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Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

Cairn (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cairn; period likely Neolithic or Bronze Age. It represents a type of megalithic monument common in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, associated with early funerary or ritual practices.

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