Claigan (Dun Breac)

Nearest town:
Uig (18km ENE)
OS reference:
NG2371253965
OS sheet:
23
Latitude:
57° 29' 29.76 N
Longitude:
6° 36' 41.76 W
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Image of Claigan (Dun Breac) by LesHamilton

Only a few of the larger stones have survived the pillaging of this dun in the 19th century.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jul 11, 2019
Image of Claigan (Dun Breac) by LesHamilton

These grass covered ramparts presumably conceal the footings of long-vanished walling around the dun.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jul 11, 2019

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Claigan (Dun Breac)

LesHamilton
LesHamilton Jul 11, 2019

Visited: June 25, 2019

One of the tourist attractions on Skye are the so-called Coral Beaches. But just a short walk from the car park that serves them are two megalithic relics, Claigan Dun and Claigan Souterrain.

To visit the dun, head away from the coast (east) along a  well defined farm road for a shade over 500 metres, where you arrive at a metal gate. On your left is an extensive stone-built sheep fank, and on the rise beyond the gate stand the remains of Clagain. Canmore states that ”Most of the stone was robbed between 1824 and 1836 to build the sheep fank ... and some stone may also have been used in the construction of Claigan farm house and garden”.

There is not a great deal to enthuse the visitor here, although grassy ramparts hint at a few buried walling courses and a few larger blocks line a breach in the structure that presumably was the entrance passage.

Claigan souterrain lies a few metres across the fence that surrounds the dun on its south east, and is well worth searching for.

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