Stiogha Chnap Propped Stone SC1

This short paper describes a number of propped stones recently recorded near Bostadh on Great Bernera, in the Outer Hebrides, and relates them to very similar features in diverse parts of England, Wales and Ireland. This report is essentially a segment of ongoing fieldwork and the intention is to promote greater awareness and discussion of these ambiguous and widespread megalithic structures. Read the paper as a PDF with embedded images here, or browse the sites and photos on the Portal from the links in the text below on our page.. SC1: NB13715 39472. The feature to which the writer had originally been directed by John Billingsley. A wedge-shaped slab tapering 50cm to 5cm, 200cm x 330cm. A very imposing lunullar shape with two props, the smaller being a mass of mineral including a large amount of rose quartz very similar in hue to the props at CG2 and 4. ‘Dot’s Stone’, on West Penwith, Cornwall, (SW42692 36165) is a substantial block elevated by a similar cobble consisting essentially of a mass of mineral – with no similar stones being evident within a 200m radius.