Monument record 656 - EILEAN AN STAOIR, MILTON, SOUTH UIST

NF72NW 9 7328 2597.

(NF 7328 2597) Dun (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Remains of a dun on a small island. It is oval in plan, about 50ft E-W by 42ft N-S, with a space of 15 to 25ft between the wall and the water's edge. In 1914 the wall showed as a mass of tumbled stone rising 8ft above the water. A small part of the outer face of the wall was seen on the western side. A well-built submerged harbour was noticed on the NNW side of the island and a short arc of the foundation of a circular building was seen on the southern edge of the island.
RCAHMS 1928.

The grass-covered remains of the dun are as described above. The harbour can still be seen in the NNW but there is no trace of the outer face of the wall or of a circular building. The amorphous remains can be seen of several later structures built on and around the dun.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 8 May 1965.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 110, No. 379 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.