Barpa Langass or Langass Barp ( ) is a

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

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 ...

on the Isle of

North Uist North Uist (; ) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Etymology In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one isla ...

in the

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of Scotland. It measures around 22 meters in diameter by 5.5 meters in height, and is around 5,000 years old. The roof is constructed of two massive slabs with a third slab superimposed. The entrance is at the east side. Although the structure has partially collapsed, it is still possible to enter one chamber. The

antiquary An antiquarian or antiquary () is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artefacts, archaeological and historic sit ...

Erskine Beveridge believed that a second and perhaps a third chamber exist. In or prior to 1911, Dr Beveridge excavated within and near the cairn, and he found evidence of burnt burials as well as pieces of pottery (some with patterned lines), wood ashes, burnt bones, a flint

arrowhead An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, or sometimes for special purposes such as signaling. ...

, a scraper, and a piece of pierced

talc Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula . Talc in powdered form, often combined with corn starch, is used as baby powder. This mineral is used as a thickening agent and lubricant ...

. Barpa Langass can be reached via footpath from the A867 about 5 miles southwest of

Lochmaddy Lochmaddy ( , "Loch of the Hounds") is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. ''Na Madaidhean'' (the wolves/hounds) are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named. Lochmaddy i ...

. Alternatively, one can park at the Langass Lodge Hotel, follow the footpath to the

Pobull Fhinn Pobull Fhinn ( ) is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as ''pobull'', ''poball'', ''pobul'' or as plural ''pobuill''. The phrase can be translated as "Fi ...

stone circle A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being ...

, and then continue up Ben Langass to Barpa Langass.

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* {{Authority control Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC Buildings and structures completed in the 3rd millennium BC 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides Scheduled monuments in the Outer Hebrides North Uist Chambered cairns in Scotland

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