Dun Ruadh

Nearest town:
Uig (78km ENE)
OS reference:
NF73792184
OS sheet:
31
Latitude:
57° 10' 16.16 N
Longitude:
7° 23' 54.67 W
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Image of Dun Ruadh by drewbhoy

Looking north west. Head west you’ll find the roundhouses.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 7, 2023
Image of Dun Ruadh by drewbhoy

Note how low the water is in the loch, this would prove an important factor for some prehistoric sites.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 7, 2023
Image of Dun Ruadh by drewbhoy

The mound that housed a dun reappears, this land is often bog.

Image credit: drew/A/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 7, 2023

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Dun Ruadh

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 1, 2024

When parking the car at the Cladh Hallan Graveyard, returning from Eriskay, car park I noticed a mound, which I presumed was once upon a time an island.

It turned out to be the scant remains of a dun, from the car park look east and walk in a straight line, we had returned from the roundhouses and simply kept going a short distance further.

It would be wrong to say all traces have been removed – several stones remain as well as the mound. One thing I did notice was the level of water in the nearby Loch Hallan – it was very low. Answers to that would explained during a visit to another site.

Visited 07/08/2023.

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