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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 657366
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/657366
NF96NW 5 9046 6525.
(NF 9046 6525) Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
This dun is representative of many examples of similar duns occuring in the Outer Isles, the date of which is uncertain. It occupies an islet near the E shore of the loch to which it is connected by a causeway. Another causeway connects it with a second islet and a third runs from this to the far shore. The dun is a flattened oval on plan measuring about 40 x 34ft over a wall which varies from 5-10ft thick and which includes at least one chamber, probably more (R W Feachem 1963). Classified as an 'island-broch' (E Beveridge 1911).
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928; R W Feachem 1963.
As described above. Opposite the end of the causeway at 9048 6515, there is a small D-shaped enclosure measuring 6.5 x 5.5m constructed of large stones. It has been scooped out of the hillside and has an entrance facing the causeway.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 June 1965.
