Note
Date 28 January 2015 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1044132
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044132
This precipitous promontory is now inaccessible on account of rockfalls along the narrow spine that once connected it to the mainland cliffs W of Mangersta. A plan drawn by Sir Henry Dryden about 1861-65 and aerial photographs reveal that the promontory was defended by a wall extending along its E margin and returning a short distance on the N. The area enclosed on the summit measures about 30m from NNE to SSW by 12m transversely (0.03ha), falling away into heavily eroded deposits on outcrop at its exposed seaward end on the SW. The entrance lies towards the S end of the wall, where a pathway drops obliquely down the slope. A small rectangular building is set into the rear of the wall, and there is a larger building measuring about 7m by 3m internally roughly in the middle of the summit. These are thought to be the remains of a refuge constructed in the early 17th century by the Uig warrior, Donald Cam Macaulay, but the promontory itself may well have a longer history of occupation and fortification.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2759
