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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 656432
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/656432
NF75SE 6 7889 5351.
(NF 7889 5351)Dun (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
A small island, Eilean Iain, is occupied by the remains of a dun. A wall, standing in places to 4ft, surrounds the island at water level. A probable causeway (only a few stones were seen in 1915 above the water) connects the dun to a promontory 80 yards. south-east. The foundations of a small suboval building, 8ft NW/SE by 7ft NE/SW internally, lie on the bank of the loch just where the causeway would reach the shore.
RCAHMS 1928.
The remains of a dun as described by RCAHMS. Within the surrounding wall there are the remains of three boat-shaped buildings which have walls 1.3metres thick by 1.2.metres high. The westmost building has an out-building (? modern) constructed on its N side. There are now only slight traces of the causeway, but there is a very distinct harbour at the west end of the island, where there is a break in the wall.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 May 1965.
