Field Visit
Date 13 July 1914
Event ID 1102833
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Promontory Fort, Dun Bilascleiter, Ness.
About 7/8 mile north-west of Cellar Head and 4 ¼ miles south-east of Port of Ness is a narrow promontory with precipitous sides rising more than 150 feet above sea-level, the site of Dun Bilascleiter. It was defended by a rampart of stones erected across the neck of the promontory from cliff to cliff. A modern house, Dun Tower, occupies the site of the rampart, the stones of which were utilised in building the house. There is said to have been a well-built entrance with a guard chamber in the thickness of the rampart on the northside of the gateway.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 13 July 1914.
OS map: Lewis vi.
