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Latitude: 58.2438 / 58°14'37"N
Longitude: -6.1658 / 6°9'56"W
OS Eastings: 155629
OS Northings: 935905
OS Grid: NB556359
Mapcode National: GBR C65Y.0LL
Mapcode Global: WGZ46.8251
Entry Name: Loch an Duin,dun, Aird
Scheduled Date: 1 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5453
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Stornoway
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Sgire an Rubha
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument consists of the remains of a dun, a fortified settlement of Iron Age date. The oval dun, situated in a small loch, is connected to the land by a marshy neck of land. The dun is approached by a boulder causeway approximately 20m long, to the W of the neck of land. The causeway appears to have been strengthened in recent times. The dun measures 31m E-W by 27.5m N-S.
A slightly raised mound can be identified in the SW portion, but most of the interior lay-out is obscured by long grass which has grown over the tumbled walls of the structure. None of the exterior wall face remains intact. The area to be scheduled is circular with a maximum diameter of 40m to be centred on the dun, as shown on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it provides evidence of, and has the potential to produce further evidence through excavation for, defensive architecture, domestic occupation and material culture in the Iron Age.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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