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Sron a'Chail is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Ross-shire, Scotland, approximately 450 metres south-south-east of Ceann Hulavig. The monument comprises both a stone circle and an associated cairn, representing a significant ritual or funerary site from the Bronze Age period. Stone circles of this type served ceremonial or commemorative functions within Bronze Age communities, often marking locations of considerable social importance. The monument is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under designation SM5457.
Sron a'Chail,stone circle and cairn 450m SSE of Ceann Hulavig is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5457. View the official record →
Sron a'Chail is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn located in Ross-shire, Scotland, approximately 450 metres south-south-east of Ceann Hulavig. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5457.
Sron a'Chail,stone circle and cairn 450m SSE of Ceann Hulavig dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone circle and cairn 450m sse of ceann hulavig. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Sron a'Chail,stone circle and cairn 450m SSE of Ceann Hulavig is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5457.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Airidh nam Bidearan,standing stones N of (0.7 km), Cul a'Chleit,standing stones,Garynahine (1.7 km), Ceann a'Gharaodh,stone circle and cairn 250m N of (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sron a'Chail,stone circle and cairn 450m SSE of Ceann Hulavig's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Sron a'Chail,stone circle and cairn 450m SSE of Ceann Hulavig stands on Lewisian Complex, bedrock that formed in the Proterozoic. The rock here is gneiss.