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Loch an Dun

Stone Fort / Dun

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Also known as:
  • Lower Bayble

Nearest Town:Stornoway (9km W)
OS Ref (GB):   NB516305 / Sheet: 8
Latitude:58° 11' 36.29" N
Longitude:   6° 13' 38.35" W

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This site is in Loch an Dun, near Lower Bayble on the Eye Peninsula. However impressive it might have been in its day, it is now in a completely ruinous state, being roughly a circular mass of stone. The site is connected to the mainland by a man-made causeway about 1m wide. Some imagination is need to identify parts of the dun's outward wall, close to the water level, which seems to have been solid rather than galleried.

Lewis and Harris by Francis Thompson.
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drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
28th December 2016ce
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