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Note
Date 1928
Event ID 1103583
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103583
Dwellings on Eilean an Tighe, Loch nan Geireann.
Upon a narrow and rocky islet called Eilean an Tighe in the north end of Loch nan Geireann are the ruins of no less than five old structures which proved, during excavations by the late Mr Beveridge, remarkably fruitful in relics of its former occupation. One of these constructions on the south-west of the islet is rectangular in shape and is enclosed by walls 2 feet thick. It measures internally 13 ½ by 11 feet. A little to the north end of the islet are the remains of another structure with walls about 30 inches thick and having a diameter of about 12 feet, and towards the south east of the island are less distinct traces of another smaller enclosure. The centre of the island has been occupied by two adjoining circular erections of similar appearance, and it is possible that the island may have been connected by causeway to the neighbouring promontory of Ard Reamhar, where traces of a distinct pier running northwards for a distance of 10 to 20 yards were noted by Mr. Beveridge (North Uist, p. 222).
RCAHMS 1928 (date of visit not given)
OS map: North Uist xxxi (unnoted).
