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Latitude: 57.3905 / 57°23'25"N
Longitude: -7.3656 / 7°21'56"W
OS Eastings: 77760
OS Northings: 846076
OS Grid: NF777460
Mapcode National: GBR 8965.WM1
Mapcode Global: WGV34.THRP
Entry Name: Dun na Buail'uachdraich,dun
Scheduled Date: 26 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5013
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 later prehistoric fortified settlement, a dun, situated on a rise in marshy ground but prior to drainage on a small loch island. The dun is 17m in average diameter, measured over drystone walls which are up to 4m thick. Much of the northern circuit of walling has been reduced to its foundations, but in the S it stands up to 1.4m high. The entrance appears to have been in the NE. The area to be scheduled is 35m in diameter, to include the dun and the area immediately around it, within which other remains may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fine example of a late prehistoric defensive settlement. Its waterlogged situation will have enhanced the presentation potential of organic archaeological deposits, giving this monument a higher than average value as a source of information regarding domestic life during the later Iron Age.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NF 74 NE 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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