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Clettraval

Carry Tighary; Cleitreabhal; Tigh Cloiche Balmartin, Western Isles

Large image (795x383 - 41k) Looking south-west over the remains of the chambered cairn at Cleitreabhal
Large image (511x648 - 50k) Looking along the passage into the main chamber
Large image (773x530 - 90k) Looking over the cairn from inside the house
Large image (811x553 - 103k) Part of the wall of the house viewed from the inside
Large image (534x801 - 88k) The main chamber of the cairn with the wall of the house behind
Large image (808x500 - 73k) View from downslope outside the house. The stones forming the main chamber of the cairn can be seen on the skyline.
Large image (730x306 - 29k) View to the south-west over the cairn.
Large image (808x416 - 46k) View to the south
Large image (815x504 - 78k) Some of the many large stones making up the passage and main chamber.

On the southern slope of Cleitreabhal a Deas on North Uist stands the remains of a chambered tomb. An entrance from the east led into a long narrow passage or chamber.

Unusually, a later group of buildings (from the Iron Age) have been built into the sides of the cairn.

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Find Clettraval (or the nearest known site) at the Megalithic Portal