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Latitude: 57.2075 / 57°12'27"N
Longitude: -7.4131 / 7°24'47"W
OS Eastings: 73285
OS Northings: 825963
OS Grid: NF732259
Mapcode National: GBR 892N.Z5Z
Mapcode Global: WGV43.336H
Entry Name: Eilean an Staoir,dun 300m SSW of Milton House
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5122
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: South Uist
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument consists of a small drystone fortification, or dun, of later prehistoric date, situated upon a small island. It is heavily overgrown, but apppears to be oval in plan, 16m E-W by 14m N-S, with traces of an outer wall-face showing at several points. A variety of later structures, all now ruined, have been built upon the site.
The area to be scheduled consists of the whole of the small island, and is approximately 40m E-W by 35m N-S, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as an example of a typical later prehistoric defensive settlement, and for the evidence which it may provide, through excavation, for domestic and defensive architecture and domestic economy during this period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NF 72 NW 9.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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