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North Uist, Dun Leiravay
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Uist, Dun Leiravay
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 10417
Site Number NF96NW 6
NGR NF 91212 67897
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10417
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF96NW 6 9126 6778
(NF 9126 6778) Dun Leiravay, a round tidal islet in the narrow passage between Eileen Leiravay and the peninsula of Stromban, the summit of which rises some 4ft above the highest tides. The summit has been defended by a stone wall now almost entirely removed. Only a few tumbled stones remaining. It seems to have had a external diameter of about 30ft.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928.
No trace of a structure can now be seen on this islet.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 June 1965.
Field Visit (7 August 1914)
Dun Leiravay, Lochmaddy.
In the narrow passage between Eilean Leiravay and the peninsula of Stromban, to the south-west of Lochmaddy, is a round tidal islet, the summit of which rises some 4 feet above the highest tides. The summit of the islet has been defended by a stone wall now almost entirely removed, only a few tumbled stones scattered over the slope of the island remaining. It seems to have had an external diameter of about 30 feet.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 7 August 1914.
OS map: North Uist xxxv (unnoted).
