Monument record 726 - DUN LOCHAN NAN CARRANAN, ARDNAMONIE, SOUTH UIST

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Grid reference NF 78380 45840 (point)
Map sheet NF74NE
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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NF74NE 7 7838 4584.

(NF 7839 4583) Dun Lochan nan Carranan (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1878)

The walls stand a few feet high.
Name Book 1878.

An oval heap of stones (35' E-W x 30' N-S), the remains of a dun. No structure found.
RCAHMS 1928.

Probably a crannog-type dun: the site comprises an oval grass-covered mound measuring 9.5m by 8.0m surviving to a height of 0.5m.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R B) 13 May 1965.


RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 122, No. 429 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, 92 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. 92.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 122, No. 429.

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Nov 14 2022 4:52PM

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