Lewis, Valtos School, 'an Caisteal'
Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Lewis, Valtos School, 'an Caisteal'
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Camus Na Clibhe
Canmore ID 4025
Site Number NB03NE 9
NGR NB 0852 3641
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB03NE 9 0852 3641.
A dun is said to have stood on a slight mound overlooking Camus na Clibhe, some 250 yards NW of an below the school.
All trace of the building has disappeared, but a spring in the neighbourhood is known as 'Tobar a Chaisteal'.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
The site of 'An Caisteal' - the Castle - is a slight hummock, fairly near the find-spot of a Viking burial (NB03NE 1). McLeod notes the neighbouring name 'Traigh Bhargaigdh' - 'Beach of the Fort' (NB 080 365) No-one in the locality could remember any trace of structure on this site.
D J Macleod 1916.
Local tradition asserts that a turf-covered sand-dune at NB 0852 3641 is the site of this alleged dun. Several large stones are visible in rabbit burrows but there is no other trace of artificial structure.
The spring is a hollow to the S, which fills with water after rain.
Visited by OS (R L) 27 June 1969.
The actual site of Dun Camus na Clibhe may be the roundhouse situated at NB 083 361 (NB03NE 27).
I Armit 1994
Field Visit (20 June 1914)
Dun, Camus na Clibhe, Valtos.
A slight mound overlooking Camus na Clibhe, near Valtos, some 250 yards north-west of and below the school, is said to be the site of a dun. All traces of this building have disappeared, but a spring in the neighbourhood is known as Tobar a Chaisteal.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 20 June 1914.
Lewis xvii (unnoted).
