Monument record MHG43800 - Rubh' an Dunain

Thumbnail phtoto supplied by J Duberley, 23/07/02.

A channel has been cleared between the loch and the sea. Rocks removed from the channel have been piled up in a rough wall along on the west side. There are two substantial ramps for hauling boats out on the east side. One of these seems to be in a Y shape to accommodate two boats.

This is a very impressive construction, but there is no indication of date. Some rocks appeared to have been drilled for blasting, but the holes are probably a natural feature.

There was a fishing community nearby in the 19th century and these features could be asociated with that. See SMR NG31NE0003.

JW visited in the company of M.Wildgoose, S.Birch and M.Carmichael on 30/5/02.

JW 31.5.02

NMRS notes:
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NG31NE 8 395 160.

On the side of the "canal" there are what appear to be two substantial boat noosts. There is no indication as to the origins of the canal or the purpose of the combined loch and canal, or their relationship with the dun (NG31NE 1), but future sampling and survey underwater in the loch may help to clarify the situation.
TN Dixon 1990b.

A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xlix). What may be the same unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1986).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 14 November 1996. <1>

<1> Dixon, T N, 1990, 'Rubh' an Dunain, 'Viking canal' and Loch na h-Airde', University of Edinburgh, Department of Archaeology, Ann Rep Vol. 36 1989-90, p.16, 16 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1456.