Steinacleit is a

prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The us ...

archeological site on the west coast of

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

in the

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...

of Scotland. The site consists of an array of boulders which marks what is left of a

chambered cairn A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage-graves. They are fo ...

, and possibly shows the site was overlain by a huge hall. There are ten large stone slabs surrounding the central mound. Folk legend of the Outer Hebrides states there was probably a battlefield near the location. The site is in diameter and oval in shape. The age of the site is debatable and according to different sources ranges from 1800–1500 BC or 3000–1500 BC. The standing stone

Clach an Trushal Clach an Trushal ( gd, Clach an Truiseil, , translated to English "Stone of Compassion") is said to be the tallest standing stone in Scotland. Above ground it stands approximately tall, is wide and at its thickest point is thick, with a girth a ...

is visible to the south west from the stone circle.

External links

*http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/properties_sites_detail.htm?propertyID=PL_274 2nd-millennium BC architecture in Scotland Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides Historic Environment Scotland properties Prehistoric sites in Scotland Chambered cairns in Scotland Scheduled monuments in Scotland Buildings and structures in the Isle of Lewis {{WesternIsles-geo-stub