Monument record 1268 - DUN MHIC LAITHEANN, GROATAY

NF97SE 1 9777 7314.

(NF 9777 7314) Dun Mhic Laitheann (NAT) Site of Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1911)

Dun Mhic Laitheann, connected with Groatay at low water, stood on a steep-sided rock with a wall round its edge, 9-10 1/2ft thick x 3 1/2ft high, and traces of an entrance to the W. In the NE corner and impinging on the outer wall is an oblong enclosure 50ft long x 10-12ft wide. At the highest point to the E are the remains of a building measuring internally 23 x 15ft with walls 6ft thick. A possible mid-17th century re-occupation is suggested.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928.

Dun Mhic Laitheann is generally as described above. Although the wall is conspicuous on the NW half of the rock, it may never have continued around the remaining and naturally defensive portion. In addition to the internal structures noted above, there are the stony outlines of three shieling-like features.
Visited by OS (E G C) 4 July 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 144-6 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 67, No. 67 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.