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Latitude: 57.1759 / 57°10'33"N
Longitude: -7.3887 / 7°23'19"W
OS Eastings: 74482
OS Northings: 822331
OS Grid: NF744223
Mapcode National: GBR 894R.JJ0
Mapcode Global: WGV43.GWTS
Entry Name: Loch an Duin,dun,Daliburgh
Scheduled Date: 17 March 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5334
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 the remains of a dun, a small island fortification of the later prehistoric period.
The dun is located on a small island in Loch an Duin, and survives as a mound of rubble 2.5m in height, and appears to have been circular in plan, with an inner diameter of 10m and an outer diameter of 17m. The entrance has been from the the W. There is no trace of a causeway.
The area to be scheduled consists of the whole surface of the island, about 40m N-S and the same E-W, to include the dun and an area around in which evidence associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for the information it contains, accessible to excavation, regarding the construction and use of simple fortified dwellings during the later prehistoric period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NF 72 SW 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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