Loch an Duin, Shader, Lewis
Wander around this curious prehistoric enclosure that lay buried under a metre of peat for thousands of years.
Steinacleit lay hidden, until crofters clearing peat in the 1920s uncovered a large circular structure and an oval walled enclosure.
Steinacleit was originally thought to be a Neolithic stone circle and chambered cairn, though comparisons with similar structures show it may actually be a prehistoric farmstead, with house and yard.
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