North Uist, Baleshare, Dun Na H-ola
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Uist, Baleshare, Dun Na H-ola
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Na H'ola
Canmore ID 10006
Site Number NF76SE 16
NGR NF 7854 6161
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10006
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF76SE 16 7854 6161.
(NF 7854 6161) Dun na h-Ola (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Dun na h-Ola shows no traces of its original character and can only be identified as a slight mound near the centre of the machair. According to local tradition Loch na Paisg formerly extended southward, so as to include the dun as an islet within its area, until this end of the loch became filled by drifting sand at a comparatively recent period. (E Beveridge 1911) A brass brooch, octagonal in shape and found in Dun- naholla, is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). (PSAS 1888)
E Beveridge 1911; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1888.
The site of this dun is as described by Beveridge: merely an amorphous mound, c. 20.0m in diameter and 0.3m high, is evident.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 31 May 1965.
Field Visit (7 September 1914)
Dun na h-Ola, Baleshare.
The site of this dun appears as an irregular stony mound overgrown with grass, measuring about 60 feet across and 3 feet in height. It is situated on flat ground, once the bed of a loch, 400 yards north-east of Teampull Chriosd.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 7 September 1914
OS map: North Uist xxxix.
