Garynahine
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 TheCallanish IVstone circle, just south of the settlement | |
  Garynahine Location within theOuter Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB236317 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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| 58°11′17″N6°42′07″W / 58.188°N 6.702°W /58.188; -6.702 | |
Garynahine (Scottish Gaelic:Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement onLewis, in theOuter Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads fromStornoway,Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are theA858 and the B8011.[1][2] Garynahine is within the parish of Uig.[3]
In the surrounding ares is theGarynahine Estate which was owned bySir James Matheson from 1844 to 1917, before it was then sold it toLord Leverhulme. It is currently operated as a sporting estate for hunting, shooting and fishing.[4] On the estate is Garynahine Lodge, a Category B listed building, which is a shooting lodge, since 1925, formerly the 19th century Garynahine Hotel and it may incorporate parts of the inn that existed there from at least 1720.[5][6]
To the south of Garynahine are three scheduled monuments Cul a'Chleit, Airidh nam Bidearan andSron a'Chail. Sron a'Chail is a circle of standing stones surrounding a burial cairn which dates to the lateNeolithic or earlyBronze Age. It consists of 5 upright and 1 fallen standing stone surrounding what appears to be a burial cairn.[7] It is better known as one of the outliers of the Callanish stones ('Ceann Hulavig'), specificallyCallanish IV. It is also near a prehistoric quartz quarry.[8] Airidh nam Bidearan consists of three upright stone slabs and possibly to other nearby stones.[9] Cul a'Chleit is two standing stones on a rocky knoll. It is thought that the stones are probably the remains of a larger circle that was mostly destroyed by the construction of nearbyshielings.[10]
In 2002, Mr Donald Angus Mackay, discovered a number of flat stone slabs, during annual peat cutting, that were thought to be acist burial. However, excavations by Northamptonshire Archaeology, working for Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) as part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract (nowHistoric Environment Scotland), discovered that it was in fact a pit containing what is believed to be ahazel wicker structure or basket. Analysis of the botanical remains indicated that heather andSphagnum moss might have been incorporated into or deposited in the structure/basket. Radiocarbon dates suggesting the structure/basket was constructed and deposited during the LateBronze Age.[11]
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