Monument record 1014 - DUN BAN, LOCH CARAVAT, GRIMSAY

NF85NE 5 8597 5665.

(NF 8597 5665) Dun Ban (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Dun Ban, an islet in Loch Caravat, Grimsay, is encircled by the remains of a wall: a squarely built pier possibly existed at the west end.
'This island is said to have been connected with the north shore of Loch Caravat by a causeway.'
E Beveridge 1911.

No trace of the wall or the causeway could be found: the 'squarely built pier is natural.
The island, 1.5m high, is obscured by dense scrub similar to that seen on other dun sites in the area.
Visited by OS (N K B) 3 June 1965

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 175 photo (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 95, No. 307 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.