Monument record 474 - DUN SLEIBHE, KNOCK EOAQUIE, LEWIS

NB56SW 5 5050 6267.

(NB 503 627) Dun Sleibhe (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1898)

Ruins "scarcely traceable. It is said to have been formerly surrounded by a deep and broad ditch over which was a drawbridge, and that it was surrounded by a deep and almost impassable marsh ..."
Name Book 1852.

"A circular tower in a bog, now entirely removed".
F W L Thomas 1890.

Dun - entirely disappeared.
RCAHMS 1928.

The site of Dun Sleibhe is marked by a slight dry rise in an area of marshy ground at NB 5050 6267.
Visited by OS (R L) 13 June 1969.

Two unroofed buildings are shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 10). No structures are depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 June 1997.

Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 372 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 10, No. 30 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 3C, 10 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.