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Field Visit
Date 30 July 1914
Event ID 1103411
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103411
Dun Olavat, Eilean Domhnuill an spionnaidh, Loch Olavat, Griminish.
The ruins of Dun Olavat occupy an islet, Eilean Domhnuill an spionnaidh (“island of Donald of strength”), lying barely 40 yards from the southern shore of Loch Olavat, and rising about 5 feet above the water's level. The island has been defended by a stone wall, now entirely broken down, and spread over a width of 12 feet, built on the water's edge. The structure is almost circular and measures about 48 feet in diameter externally. It is connected with the southern shore of the loch by a causeway submerged for the greater part of its length and appearing above water at both ends. It shows a slight curve in its course and measures 130 feet in length and from 4 to 4 ½ feet in breadth, the landward end being carried inland about 40 feet from the present edge of the water. The interior of the dun is occupied by the ruins of two later buildings, the walls of which rest on kitchen midden refuse.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 30 July 1914
OS map: North Uist xxx (unnoted).
