South Uist, Clachan, Ardnamonie
Building(S) (Post Medieval), Cairn (Prehistoric), Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name South Uist, Clachan, Ardnamonie
Classification Building(S) (Post Medieval), Cairn (Prehistoric), Dun (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Clachan, Ard Na Monadh
Canmore ID 9916
Site Number NF74NE 3
NGR NF 77236 46253
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9916
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF74NE 3 7723 4624.
(NF 7723 4624) Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
A rough mound of stones, 70ft in diameter and 10ft high,lies about 150 yards WSW of Dun Buidhe (NF74NE 4) and is marked 'Dun' on the OS map but it has been so badly torn about, and its summit and sides are so encumbered by late ruins, that it is impossible to say without excavation whether it is a dun or a cairn.
RCAHMS 1928.
This irregulary shaped cairn measuring 26.0m N to S by 30.0m E to W is as described above.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 May 1965.
Field Visit (5 July 1915)
Dun or Cairn, Ardnamonie.
Some 150 yards west-south-west of Dun Buidhe (NF74NE 4) is a rough mound of stones and earth, some 70 feet in diameter and 10 feet in height. It is marked "Dun" on O.S. map, but it has been so badly torn about, and its summit and sides are so encumbered by late ruins, that it is impossible to say without excavation whether it is a dun or a cairn.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 5 July 1915.
OS map: South Uist xlviii.
