Monument record 1275 - DUN NIGHEAN RIGH LOCHLAINN, LOCH AN DUIN, NORTH UIST

NF97SE 4 9528 7239.

(NF 9528 7239) Dun Nighean Righ Lochlainn stands in the N end of Loch an Duin, near the centre of the Portain District. The dun is of very regular cylindrical form, rising abruptly from the water's edge. The overall diameter is 29 1/2ft, the walls averaging 5ft in height. The interior is now so entirely choked with loose stones that it is difficult to see the original plan, but one radial wall still remains. The island is approached from the shore on its NE by a causeway below the present water-level at the landward end of which are two small semi-circular stone shelters. Fifty yards W from the causeway is a small triangular bay or boat-harbour.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928.

As described above, although no radial wall is now visible. The amorphous remains of the two shelters can be seen built into the natural rock above the shore, c.21.0m W of the causeway. The boat-harbour, 50 yards W of the causeway, appears to be a natural inlet.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 146 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 62-3, No. 199 plan fig. 114 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.