Monument record 1869 - LOCH SGARDAM, BREASCLETE, LEWIS

NB23NW 10 2103 3617.

NB 2103 3617. There is a trapezoidal stone structure, 2.60m by 2.25m overall, with two side walls not parallel to each other. Both side walls are up to 60cm thick and are formed by 3 or 4 stones set on edge on the inner faces, and several stones lying along the outer faces. The largest stone is 0.50m high. The northern end wall is tumbled and the S end is open. The 'chamber' is 2.05m long and 1.35m at its widest.
There is no evidence of a capstone. The 'floor' is at the same level as the surrounding ground which is very stony and rocky, with little soil. It is located in an enclosed basin which includes Loch Sgardam, NW of Breasclete village, and is surrounded by low hills obscuring all distant views.
M R Curtis and G R Curtis 1992.

Possible site of an unfinished burial monument, associated with the Callanish ritual landscape.
KM 17/02/2026

M R and G R Curtis and Curtis, 1992h, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 86 (Bibliographic reference). SWE25408.