Monument record 220 - DUNAN CROIR, LABOST, LEWIS

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Site locally thought to be a dun, though not thought to be an antiquity by the OS

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Grid reference NB 27600 49600 (point)
Map sheet NB24NE
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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NB24NE 1 276 496.

(NB 276 496) Dunan Croir (NAT)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1890)

A dun 'on the shore at Croir'.
F W L Thomas 1890.

'Dunan Chrothair' or 'Doonan Crower' - 'a large space, covered with stones and rocks'.
Name Book 1852.

Dunan Croir, at NB 2760 4953, is a small but prominent rock and boulder strewn knoll. There is no evidence of any artificial construction. Not an antiquity.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 June 1969.


Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 376 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 8C, 5 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 8C, 5.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Thomas, F. W. L.. 1890. Archaeol Scot. 5. 365-415. 376.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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