This cairn, situated in the centre of Bernera, was built in 1992 to commemorate the Bernera Riot of 1874.

For centuries the Bernera Crofters had the grazing and their summer sheilings on the moor at Beann a' Chuailean, stretching from the Uig road to the shores of Loch Langabhat and Coirgarod. In 1872, after sporting estates had been established at Scaliscro and Morsgail, this land was taken from Bernera crofters and they were offered moor between Earshader and the sea. This was not an extensive area and although the crofters were not satisfied they agreed to accept the offer. However, after only eighteen months, the Ground Officer returned to Bernera to inform the men that they were to lose this new moor, and be given a much smaller area at Hacklete instead.

These events stimulated an uprising, which became known as the "Bernera Riot". To find out more about the events leading to the Bernera Riot which this cairn commemorates, see www.HebrideanConnections.com or visit Bernera Museum, where a verbatim account of the trial of three Bernera men key to the uprising can be found.