Cill Donnain

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
NF7442227454

Nearest town:

Uig (74km ENE)

OS reference:

NF7442227454

OS sheet:

Latitude:

57° 13' 18.54 N

Longitude:

7° 23' 43.63 W

Added to TMA by

drewbhoy

Images (4)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Cill Donnain (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

Looking north towards A&B, a notice board and craft shop.

Image credit: drew/AMJ

drewbhoy Sep 13, 2023

Central hearth.

Image credit: drew/A/B

drewbhoy Sep 13, 2023

The front door.

Image credit: drew/A/B

drewbhoy Sep 13, 2023

This wheelhouse was restored and placed near the museum near Loch Kildonan.

Image credit: drew/AMJ

drewbhoy Sep 13, 2023

Articles

Cill Donnain

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

drewbhoy Jan 3, 2024

Situated next to the museum car park at Kildonan is a reconstruction of an outline of an Iron Age Wheelhouse. Originally it would have been situated at Cill Donnain, near the vanishing standing stone at Sligeanach. However this one didn’t escape and was captured in 1990.

A nice addition to the museum.

Visited 09/08/2023.

Cill Donnain

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

drewbhoy Jan 3, 2024

You can see the reconstructed outline of an Iron Age aisled wheelhouse which was excavated in 1990. Built in 200AD, this is a small example, with an internal diameter of 6.5 metres, but it lay on the edge of a much larger settlement. It probably had seven internal stone piers and a rectangular heart.

Car Park Noticeboard

Sites within 20km of Cill Donnain

Kildonan

Crannog • 0.23km SSE

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Loch Kildonan

Stone Circle • 0.85km W

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Loch Cnoc A’ Buidhe

Stone Fort / Dun • 1.62km SE

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Upper Loch Bornish

Stone Fort / Dun • 1.65km NW

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Reineval

Chambered Tomb • 1.89km ESE

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Loch Bornish

Cairn(s) • 2.9km WNW

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Askernish, Loch An Eilein

Stone Fort / Dun • 3.72km SSE

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Dun Vulan

Broch • 3.81km W

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West Loch Ollay

Crannog • 5.1km NNW

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Beinn A’Charra

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.37km NNE

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Cladh Hallan Round Houses

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.63km S

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Dun Ruadh

Stone Fort / Dun • 5.63km S

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Crois Chnoca Breaca

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.3km NW

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Loch Nam Faoileann

Stone Fort / Dun • 6.56km SSE

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Dun Altabrug

Stone Fort / Dun • 6.93km NNW

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Kilpheder Wheelhouse

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.23km S

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Eilean Chreamh

Stone Fort / Dun • 8.24km SSE

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Dun An Duichal

Stone Fort / Dun • 8.58km SSE

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1

South Baghasdal

Crannog • 10.51km SSE

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Loch An Eilean

Crannog • 10.54km SSE

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Dun Trossary

Chambered Cairn • 10.94km SE

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The Witches Grave

Chambered Cairn • 12.36km SSE

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1

Layaval

Standing Stones • 12.5km SSE

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Pollachar

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.92km SSE

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Rubha Na Moine

Cairn(s) • 14.03km SE

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Ben Scrien

Kerbed Cairn • 16.5km SE

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Balla

Cairn(s) • 16.65km SE

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Tigh Cloiche (South Uist)

Cairn(s) • 17.86km N

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1

Eoligarry

Cairn(s) • 18.89km S

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Ardnamonie

Cairn(s) • 18.93km N

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Dun Buidhe

Broch • 19km N

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Sig More

Chambered Cairn • 19.14km NNE

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Loch An Daill

Stone Fort / Dun • 19.14km N

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Loch An Daill

Promontory Fort • 19.22km N

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Dun Sgurabhal

Stone Fort / Dun • 19.92km S

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