What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Vs58 South Vatersay as Stone Circle (prehistoric). 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.
Vs58 South Vatersay is likely from the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, periods when stone circles were commonly constructed in Scotland for ritual, astronomical, or communal purposes. The site's function may have been ceremonial or calendrical, though specific folklore or detailed use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
Classic little Hebridean beachBeach · 492 yd
Sgeir a' ChlogaidIslet · 734 yd
Bàgh BhatarsaighBay · 913 yd
Sgeirean Màs a' MhillIslet · 945 yd
Beinn ChuidhirMountain / peak · 979 yd
VatersayBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 1287 yd
Vatersay, UidhShelter(s) (period Unassigned) · 1309 yd
Bàgh a DeasBeach / strand · 1542 yd
Catalina Crash MemorialHeritage place · 1578 yd
Memorial to Catalina plane crash 1944Heritage place · 1597 yd
The 'Catalina' Monument on VatersayHeritage place · 1613 yd
Catalina crash wreckage and monumentHeritage place · 1633 yd