Field Visit
NR34NW 21 3127 4796.
NR 313 480 A rock fort with an internal diameter of about 21ft lies at the north side of Port Alsaig. The walls are partly natural, partly artificial. This is probably the feature to which the name "Dun a Chail" on OS 6" map should be applied.
W D Lamont 1962.
NR 3127 4796 The turf covered remains of an dun occupying the south half of a steep rocky point named Dun a Chail, isolated at high tide.
Small flag coursed walling, up to 1.3m high externally and approximately 2.0m wide, ards the south and east sides of a natural depression and utilises natural rock faces on the west and north to form a circular enclosure 10m in overall diameter. The entrance appears as a simple gap in the east side with a difficult approach climb from the landward side. The only trace of blocking or revetting is in a narrow gully immediately beneath the entrance. The dished interior is turf covered.
Surveyed at 1:10000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 10 June 1978.
