Monument record 573 - WEAVER'S CASTLE, EILEAN LEATHAN, STACK ISLANDS

NF70NE 1 7859 0717.

(NF 7859 0717) Weaver's Castle (NR) (Ruin)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Weaver's Castle or Caistal a Bhrebider is situated on Eilean Leathan, the largest and most southerly of the Stack Islands off the south coast of Eriskay. It is a rectangular tower of rubble in lime mortar measuring 12 1/2ft E-W by 9 3/4ft N-S within walls 4 1/4 to 4 1/2ft thick. In 1924, the NE corner stood to 15 1/2ft and the other walls were 4ft high.
RCAHMS 1928; NSA (Rev R Maclean) 1845.

Weaver's Castle is generally as described above.
Surveyed at 1:10560.
About 30.0m. east of the castle are the stone footings of two shieling-like structures within an associated circular enclosure. Visited by OS (E G C) 22 May 1965.

NSA, 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland..., Vol. 14, Inverness-shire, 188 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4553.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 108, No. 372 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.