Eyre Point stone box
The stone box of Eyre Point lies in the remains of a cairn about 80 m north of the lighthouse of Eyre Point, in East Suishnish, in the south of the Hebridean island of Raasay in Highland in Scotland .
The largely looted cairn is 17.0 m in diameter and 1.0 m high. The west-east oriented stone box is 1.4 m long, 1.1 m wide and 1.0 m high and consists of three supporting stones and the capstone. The eastern end stone is only 0.2 m above ground level. The oversized capstone measures 2.4 × 1.9 m and is 0.4 m thick. Two stones on the edge in the north arch can be the remains of a curb ring.
Nearby are the menhir and the double row of stones of Eyre.
See also
literature
- RCAHMS. (1928) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. Edinburgh No. 593
Web links
- Description Engl.
- Entry on Eyre Point Stone Chest in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 20 ′ 3.6 ″ N , 6 ° 1 ′ 18.5 ″ W.