Garynahine ( gd, Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement on

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, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. Garynahine is within the parish of Uig.

Heritage Sites and Attractions

In the surrounding ares is the Garynahine Estate which was owned by

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from 1844 to 1917, before it was then sold it to

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. It is currently operated as a sporting estate for hunting, shooting and fishing. 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. To the south of Garynahine are three scheduled monuments Cul a'Chleit, Airidh nam Bidearan and Sron a'Chail. Sron a'Chail is a circle of standing stones surrounding a burial cairn which dates to the late

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or early

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. It consists of 5 upright and 1 fallen standing stone surrounding what appears to be a burial cairn. It is better known as the one of the outliers of the Callanish stones ('Ceann Hulavig'), specifically Callanish IV. It is also near a prehistoric quartz quarry. Airidh nam Bidearan consists of three upright stone slabs and possibly to other nearby stones. 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 nearby

shieling A shieling is a hut or collection of huts on a seasonal pasture high in the hills, once common in wild or sparsely populated places in Scotland. Usually rectangular with a doorway on the south side and few or no windows, they were often cons ...

Archaeology

In 2002, Mr Donald Angus Mackay, discovered a number of flat stone slabs, during annual peat cutting, that were thought to be a

cist A cist ( or ; also kist ; from grc-gre, κίστη, Middle Welsh ''Kist'' or Germanic ''Kiste'') is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle Ea ...

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 (now

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), discovered that it was in fact a pit containing what is believed to be a hazel wicker structure or basket. Analysis of the botanical remains indicated that heather and

Sphagnum ''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, peat moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store wa ...

moss might have been incorporated into or deposited in the structure/basket. Radiocarbon dates suggesting the structure/basket was constructed and deposited during the Late

Images

File:Abhainn Dhubh - geograph.org.uk - 201266.jpg, Abhainn Dhubh. The river Blackwater at Garynahine. File:Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 1259449.jpg, alt=image of 4 of the stones from Callanish IV, Callanish IV File:The Track to Eitshal - geograph.org.uk - 1259500.jpg, Track to Eitshal File:James Cumming (1922-1991) - Garynahine Women - GMA 1033 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg, Garynahine Women by James Cumming (1922-1991)

References

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External links

Canmore - Lewis, Garynahine site recordCanmore - Lewis, Garynahine, Airidh Nam Bidearan, 'Tursachan' site recordCanmore - Lewis, Garynahine, 'Tursachan' site recordGarynahine
Villages in the Isle of Lewis