Monument record 431 - DUN MOR, GARRABOST, LEWIS

NB53SW 3 513 339.
(NB 513 339) Dun Mor (NR)
OS 6'map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

Dun Mor: the flat grassy top of a promontory, measuring 100ft ESE to WNW and 60ft across, rising about 18ft above a hollow on the landward side, has been encircled by a stone wall, built round the edge. In 1914 the best preserved part, that towards the land, was 6ft wide and 1ft high but most of the wall was obliterated.
RCAHMS 1928.

As described by RCAHMS. The wall is traceable round the E and N sides, but has evidently gone over the cliff on the W and S. No obvious entrance can be seen. The interior has been cultivated and the lazy beds override the wall on the E.
Visited by OS (A L F R) assistant archaeology officer, 23 April 1964.

'The monument...comprises the remains of a dun on a promontory over 30m above sea level. The site was probably fortified in the Late Iron Age and occupation may have persisted until early Mediaeval times. The area to be scheduled is irregular, measuring a maximum of 50m E-W by 50m N-S centred on the dun and following the outline of the cliffs on the N, W and E sides.'
HS Scheduling Document 17 February 1992.

Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 377 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 14, No. 47 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.