§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been drawn to the dangerous condition of the road to the Druidical stones at Callernish, Island of Lewis; and whether these stones and the approaches thereto are claimed by the Crown under the Ancient Monuments Act; and, if so, whether steps will be taken to put the road in a proper state of repair?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREThe stones of Callernish are an ancient monument under the care of the Commissioners of Works. The approach to them appears to be a public footpath loading to other places; but I am advised that I should not be justified in relieving the Local Authorities of the cost of maintaining this footpath.
§ MR. WEIRWill the right hon. Gentleman remove the illegal notice-boards, by which the Crown claims the approaches to the stones, so that persons interested in ancient monuments may have the necessary repairs done to the road?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREwas understood to reply in the negative.