Monument record 767 - LOCH AN DUNAIN, CNOC-NA-MONADH, BENBECULA

NF75SE 11 7786 5129.

(NF 7786 5129) Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

A dun occupies an islet near the north end of Loch an Dunain, a partially drained loch. It is separated from the western shore by 20 yards of marshy ground and is a shapeless mass of stone and earth, 75ft NE/SW by 52ft NW/SE by 9ft high. The remains of a curved causeway 45 yards long by about 5ft are traceable in what is now partly dry ground and partly morass. It runs almost due east from the western shore and then turns almost south to reach the dun.
RCAHMS 1928.

The remains of this dun are as describd above. On the NW side of the island there is the vague outline of a later building.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
The causeway is only noticeable as a dry area in the surrounding marsh and is not surveyable.
Visited by OS (J T T) 27 May 1965

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 105, No. 362 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.