Monument record 603 - EILEAN CHREAMH, SOUTH UIST

NF71NW 2 7427 1919.

(NF 7427 1919) The islet, Eilean Chreamh, was once occupied by a dun. Only a 'mound of tumbled stones' remains 'round the edge of the island which measures about 80' diameter. A causeway, about 40 yards long and 9ft broad, connects the isle with a narrow promontory on the western shore of the loch.
RCAHMS 1928.

The above confirmed; there are no extant remains of the dun. The island was converted into a garden about 100 years ago and part of the garden wall remains.
Causeway surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 15 May 1965.

Dive survey of the islet appears to show that it is entirely artificial, with the base comprised of large stones that rise steeply from the loch bed and are topped with smaller, portable stones that extend to the surface. The islet rises around 2m above current loch levels and appears to contain structural remains, perhaps relating to the conversion of the islet into a garden in the 1920s (Canmore). Finds of pottery, slag, animal bone and leather shoe were recovered around the base of the islet. The range of finds, augmented by C14 dates, suggests a multi period site from the Iron Age onwards.
Blankshein.S et al (2022).

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 121, No. 421 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Stephanie Blankshein, Angela Gannon, Duncan Garrow, Fraser Sturt, 2022, UIST CRANNOG SURVEY (Monograph). SWE41375.