Monument record 1074 - LOCH NA CEITHIR - EILEANA, NORTH UIST

NF86SE 2 8638 6260.

The largest of the four islands in Loch na Ceithir-Eileana is surrounded by a wall which can be generally traced with a maximum height of 5ft in parts. It has three separate boat-entrances, the central and largest being flanked by massive sidewalls. The interior of the enclosure is so densely overgrown as to conceal what may lie beneath. The island is situated about 40 yards north of a prom- ontory with which it has been connected.
E Beveridge 1911.

Although the island at NF 8638 6260 is not the largest in Loch na Ceithir-Eileana it is undoubtedly the site mentioned above. The wall, 1.3m thick, surrounds the island, except at its NE end where it crosses the neck of the island about 6.0m from the water's edge. The only boat- entrance is in the SW, measuring 1.7m wide and flanked by massive sidewalls. Within this entrance, and to the left of it, is a small chamber set against the inside of the wall, measuring about 2.5m in diameter. No trace of any connection with the promontory is to be seen. Visited by OS (R D) 11 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 166-7 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 95, No. 304 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.