Great Bernera, Kirkibost, Dun Tiddaborra
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Great Bernera, Kirkibost, Dun Tiddaborra
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Nicisabhat
Canmore ID 4114
Site Number NB13SE 4
NGR NB 1829 3396
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4114
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB13SE 4 1829 3396
(NB 1830 3396) Dun (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map, (1965).
See also NB13NE 3.
The remains of Dun Tiddaborra or Dun Nicisabhat, crowning a slight elevation about 30' high. On the north or landward side the mound rises only about 6' above the adjacent level, but towards the water it is rocky and precipitous for a height of about 20'. Most of the stones have been removed, and the only piece of building in position is towards the south, where a section, nearly 12' in length, shows a height of 4' on the outside of the wall. The only over-all measurement now available is the diameter from north to south which is some 50'.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
The amorphous remains of Dun Tiddaborra, as described by the RCAHM, at NB 1829 3399, are now so reduced that no measurements can be taken.
Site surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B), 22 June 1969.
Field Visit (19 June 1914)
Dun Tiddaborra, Great Bernera.
On the southern shore of Great Bernera, about ½ mile north-west of Rudha Glas, its southern extremity, is a slight elevation some 80 yards from and 30 feet above high-water mark crowned by the remains of Dun Tiddaborra, or Dun Nicisabhat as it is sometimes called. On the north or landward side the mound rises only about 6 feet above the adjacent level, but towards the water it is rocky and precipitous for a height of about 20 feet. Most of the stones have been removed, and the only piece of building in position is towards the south, where a section, nearly 12 feet in length, shows a height of 4 feet on the outside of the wall. The only all-over measurement now available is the diameter from north to south, which is some 50 feet .
RCAHMS 1928, visited 19 June 1914.
OS map: Lewis xxv.
