Dun Olavat

Also known as:
Eilean Domhnuill A' Spionnaidh and Eilean Olabhat
Nearest town:
Uig (66km E)
OS reference:
NF7469675332
OS sheet:
18
Latitude:
57° 39' 0.73 N
Longitude:
7° 27' 16.05 W
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Image of Dun Olavat by drewbhoy

Pointless trying to get across, something horrendous was coming from the west.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 10, 2019
Image of Dun Olavat by drewbhoy

Taken from the east, at the minor roads end. The trip to Berneray had more than a few detours.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 10, 2019

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Dun Olavat

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 17, 2019

By the time we reached Olavat the weather had taken a turn for the worse, it wasn’t raining but the clouds were getting lower and lower. Like Scolpaig the tracks leading to Olavat had been flooded in the previous two days, earlier we had been warned against walking to the site if the weather closed in. For a change I did as I was told.

More of a crannog than a dun, perhaps more of a settlement than a dun. One thing for certain the original assertion that this site was Iron Age was miles out as discoveries date back to Neolithic times. The causeway is also in very good condition. Aerial pics in the Canmore page are brilliant.

From Scolpaig simply head east on the A865 and take the next minor road north.

Visited 24/7/2019.

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