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Desk Based Assessment
Date 29 December 1964
Event ID 884687
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/884687
Dun Torcuill is perhaps the finest example of a broch in North Uist (it is considered by Feachem (1963) to be a galleried dun).
Connected to the shore by a massive causeway, the island is completely walled around its edge, the southern and larger part being occupied by the broch proper, while the remainder forms an annexe enclosed within a separate rampart.
The central area contained a secondary erection of oblong shape similar to that at Dun an Sticer (NF87NE 1) and is probably dated 1542-1618 (E Beveridge 1911) . Full description and plan (RCAHMS 1928).
Information from OS (BRS) 29 December 1964
