Monument record MHG3161 - Possible Dun, Caisteal Uisdean
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3842 5831 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG35NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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NG35NE 13 3843 5831.
(NG 3843 5831) About 500 yards E of Caisteal Uisdean (NG35NE 1) and about 750 yards NNW of the dun at Peinduin (NG35NE 2) is a flat-topped hillock with outcropping rocks on the steep scarp. The summit which rises only 15-20ft above the surroundings, has been defended by a stone wall, almost entirely obliterated save on the SE arc, where a length of 12ft of walling 3ft in height remains, the stones used being of great size. The fort must have been of very small dimensions, as the plateau over all measures only 34ft N-S and 30ft E-W. The entrance seems to have been from the S.
RCAHMS 1928.
This supposed dun comprises some dry-stone walling against the north side of a knoll together with three old field banks which converge, and meet, upon the top. A doubtful antiquity.
Visited by OS (A S P) 15 April 1961.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 201-No. 626.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
