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Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 567114
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/567114
Dun Sron an Duin, Iron Age Massive drystone wall within the grounds of the lighthouse, bounded on two sides by cliffs over 600 ft high. Formerly thought to have been built as a curved wall across the neck of the promontory, the broch-like construction suggests that it was probably originally a full enclosure. It contained two superimposed galleries, the lower one still with some of its lintel stones. The north section (with smaller stones) was probably rebuilt by the lighthouse keepers; a doorway incorporates elements of the original entrance. "There is an old Fort in this Island, having a Vacuity round the Walls, divided in little Apartments", observed Martin in 1695.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
