What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sgailler Mhor, Uig, Lewis as Cairn (modern). 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.
A Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. It is significant as part of a broader pattern of megalithic tomb construction in the Western Isles, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Lewis, Miavaig, Church of ScotlandChurch (19th Century) · 556 yd
Lewis, Miavaig BridgeFootbridge (19th Century) · 587 yd
Miabhaig ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 595 yd
MiavaigFootbridge (modern) · 656 yd
Beach, Camas na ClibheBeach · 1455 yd
Cliff beach area Aug 14Beach · 1475 yd
Waterfall in Gleann BhaltoisWaterfall · 1573 yd
Cemetery west of ValtosChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.1 mi
Low hill, RiofMountain or hill · 1.4 mi
ForsnabhalMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Tobha Mor with Senna Chnoc island in distanceIsland · 1.6 mi
CairisiadarMountain / peak · 1.7 mi