Monument record 1075 - DUN NIGHEAN RIGH LOCHLAINN, LOCH AN DUIN, BREINISH, N UIST

NF86SE 3 8636 6398.

(NF 8636 6398) A symmetrical dun stands in a small loch upon the peninsula of Breinish, little more than 50 yards from the N shore of Loch Eford ('Eport' - OS). It is known locally as "Dun nighean righ Lochlainn" or "Dun Eideann."
The dun has been approached from the NW by a causeway 25 yards long and is 28ft N-S and 32ft E-W, the surrounding wall having an average thickness of 4ft 6ins and a present maximum height of 6ft.
The inner area is overgrown and completely filled with loose stones thus indicating little of its original plan.
E Beveridge 1911.

The dun is as described above but there is no trace of the causeway. The entrance appears to have been in the SE. Neither of the names given by Beveridge could be confirmed locally.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 11 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 165 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 69, No. 214 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.