Monument record 398 - DUN SABHUILL, GALSON, LEWIS

NB45NW 3 4430 5956.

(NB 443 597) Dun Sobhuill (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

Dun Sabhuill (NR) (site of)
OS 6"map, (1964)

Dun Sabhuill (F W L Thomas 1890), Dun Sobhuill, entirely obliterated (RCAHMS 1928)

The fragmentary remains of a dun, known locally as Dun Sabhuill, are situated on a low eroded headland at NB 4430 5956.
All that can be seen is a section of outer wall face, c. 8.0m long, on the SE, constructed of massive blocks 0.7m maximum height, and a short stretch, c. 2.0m long, on the NW side. At the E cliff edge the wall is about 4.5m thick and appears to have incorporated a mural cell. The walling discernible in the cliff face on the N side is 3.7m thick. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 June 1969.

Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 373 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 10, No. 29 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.