Benbecula, Cnoc-na-monadh, Loch An Dunain
Causeway (Prehistoric), Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Benbecula, Cnoc-na-monadh, Loch An Dunain
Classification Causeway (Prehistoric), Dun (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Knockamonie
Canmore ID 9961
Site Number NF75SE 11
NGR NF 7786 5129
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9961
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF75SE 11 7786 5129
(NF 7786 5129) Dun (NR)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
A dun occupies an islet near the north end of Loch an Dunain, a partially drained loch. It is separated from the western shore by 20 yards of marshy ground and is a shapeless mass of stone and earth, 75ft NE/SW by 52ft NW/SE by 9ft high. The remains of a curved causeway 45 yards long by about 5ft are traceable in what is now partly dry ground and partly morass. It runs almost due east from the western shore and then turns almost south to reach the dun.
RCAHMS 1928.
The remains of this dun are as described above. On the NW side of the island there is the vague outline of a later building.
The causeway is only noticeable as a dry area in the surrounding marsh and is not surveyable.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 27 May 1965.
Field Visit (13 July 1915)
Dun, Loch an Dunain, Knocknamonie.
This dun occupies an islet in Loch an Dunain, a partially drained loch, north-west of Knocknamonie. It lies near the northern end of the loch and is separated from the western shore by some 20 yards of marshy ground. As many of the stones have been removed, and late buildings now in ruins have been built on the site, the dun is only a shapeless mass of stone and earth, measuring some 75 feet from north-east to south-west, some 52 feet from north-west to south-east, and 9 feet in height. The remains of a causeway giving access to the fort from the western shore of the loch, and measuring some 45 yards in length, are traceable partly on what is now dry ground and partly in the morass. It has been about 5 feet wide and makes a considerable curve in its course. Leaving the shore it runs out almost due east, then turns almost to the south before it reaches the dun.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 13 July 1915.
OS map: South Uist xlvi.
