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Field Visit
Date June 1983
Event ID 1102626
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1102626
A small severely robbed dun occupies the highest part of Eilean na Nighinn, an islet in Loch Craignish between Eilean Mhic Chrion and Eilean Dubh, 600m ESE of Duine (Campbell and Sandeman 1964). The dun measures about 15m by 11.5m within a wall some 3m in thickness, which is tolerably well preserved on the E, where several short stretches and individual stones of the outer face survive in position, at one point filling a transverse cleft to a depth of 0.8m in four courses. On the W half, however, the wall has been more severely disturbed, although, in addition to a number of outer facing-stones, two adjacent stones of the inner face can still be seen. At the entrance, which is situated on the SW, practically the entire N passage-wall can be traced.
The two enclosures or shelters, which have been built in the interior of the dun against the E wall, are of recent date, as are the short stretches of walling on the flanks below.
Visited June 1983
RCAHMS 1988.
