Monument record 793 - DUN STEINGARRY, LOCH PAIBLE, NORTH UIST

NF76NW 2 7198 6838.

(NF 7198 6838) Dun Steingarry (also known as Cuithe Steilligarry stood at the SW corner of Loch Paible, its site being traceable as a symmetrical flat knoll with practically no remains of walls. It evidently occupied an islet in shallow water before the loch was drained, before 1793.
E Beveridge 1911.

There is no trace of antiquity on the knoll at NF 7198 6838, the only knoll in the area. Although the name 'Steingarry' is known locally it is applied loosely to the rocks around Hanglam (NF 762 681).
Visited by OS (J T T) 11 June 1965.

At the foot of the erosing scarp of machair, below the flattened knoll at the north edge of the inlet between Loch Phaibeil and the sea previously recorded by Beveridge as a possible dun, a 22m long (E/W) and 12m wide (N/S) spread of collapsed rubble was evident. The rubble was aligned roughly in two curvilinear spreads, possible representing inner and outer walls. No anthropogenic deposits were evident in the overlying sand A third outlying spread of stones 7m to the south extended towards the sea for a length of 22m.
Toolis, 2005

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 188 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

Ronan Toolis, 2005, Loch Phaibeil, North Uist: Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract Excavation & Survey (Unpublished document). SWE41105.