Neolithic chambered cairn with a later Iron Age roundhouse built over it, on the slopes of South Clettraval, North Uist
South Clettraval chambered cairn lies on the southern slope of South Clettraval hill above Tigharry and Baleloch in north-west North Uist. It is a Neolithic long cairn whose chamber, entered from the east, has five compartments; the cairn has been heavily robbed but the stonework of the chamber and the fallen stones of its facade are easy to make out.
An Iron Age aisled roundhouse about 7.5 metres across was later built over the west end of the cairn, and pottery from excavations in the 1930s suggests occupation from around the 1st century BC to the 6th century AD. A second cairn, Tigh Cloiche, lies further down the hill.
Photo Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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