Monument record 1046 - EILEAN BUIDHE, LOCH SKEALTAR, NORTH UIST

NF86NE 3 8963 6861.

(NF 8963 6861) Eilean Buidhe, an island in Loch Skealtar, has been occupied as a 'fort' with the remains of walls round its edge. It is connected to the S shore of the loch by a 120 yard causeway. The main gateway of the island end of the causeway has been supplemented by two boat-entrances on the SW and NE respectively, the latter leading into a small shallow harbour protected by a wall. Remains of at least four circular buildings were found, also a large mound (perhaps natural) near the centre of the north side of the island.
E Beveridge 1911.

A tumbled wall, 0.8m high and 1.0m wide, skirts the southern half of Eilean Buidhe: the northern half is unprotected. There are several breaks in the wall which could be possible harbours. The amorphous remains of two of the four circular buildings mentioned above can still be seen in the SE and SW, and the mound is undoubtedly natural. No trace of a causeway can be seen.
Visited by OS (R D) 14 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 156-7 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 65, No. 206 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.