Monument record 780 - DUN RUADH, LOCH OLAVAT, BENBECULA

NF75SE 8 7986 5105.

(NF 7986 5102) Dun Ruadh (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

The remains of Dun Ruadh occupy the greater part of small island in Loch Olavat, about 500yds. north by west of Dun Mhic Uisdein (see NF85SW 7). The dun is an irregular oval, 58ft NE/SW and 48ft NW/SW, and the wall, 10 to 15ft from the present water's edge, is spread over a width of about 8ft. Where there is an outcrop of rock there is no appearance of building. About 12ft from the eastern end, a wall running E/W forms a sub-oval chamber about 21ft long.
A very dilapidated causeway, 75 yards long, connects the dun to a small promontory 25 yards away on the western shore of the loch. About 50 yards of the landward end are now on dry land, indicating a lowering of the water level.
RCAHMS 1928.

As described by RCAHMS.
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, 100, No. 344 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.