Monument record 722 - ARDNAMONIE, CLACHAN, SOUTH UIST

Summary

Irregular cairn, possible dun

Location

Grid reference NF 77230 46240 (point)
Map sheet NF74NE
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NF74NE 3 7723 4624.

(NF 7723 4624) Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

A rough mound of stones, 70ft in diameter and 10ft high,lies about 150 yards WSW of Dun Buidhe (NF74NE 4) and is marked 'Dun' on the OS map but it has been so badly torn about, and its summit and sides are so encumbered by late ruins, that it is impossible to say without excavation whether it is a dun or a cairn.
RCAHMS 1928.

This irregulary shaped cairn measuring 26.0m N to S by 30.0m E to W is as described above.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 May 1965.


RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 123, No. 433 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 123, No. 433.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 4:51PM

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