Monument record 1010 - DUN CHEREIN, CLADDACH-CARINISH, NORTH UIST

Summary

Site of dun

Location

Grid reference NF 85780 58550 (point)
Map sheet NF85NE
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF85NE 2 8578 5855.

(Name: NF 857 585) Dun Cheirein (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

The site of Dun Cheirein, which stood above the shore immediately west of the mouth of Bolltravagh, is now occupied by a crofter's house. (RCAHMS 1928) The name signifies 'Crest Fort'. (Name Book 1878)
RCAHMS 1928; Name Book 1878.

There are no extant remains of Dun Cheirein. The house which occupies the site, at NF 8578 5855, is now ruined. Name confirmed.
Visited by OS (N K B) 3 June 1965.


Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 176 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 96, No. 310 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, 74 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 176.
  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. 74.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 96, No. 310.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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