Monument record 1067 - DUN BAN, LOCH HUNA, NORTH UIST

NF86NW 3 8127 6692.

(NF 8127 6692) Dun (NR)
S 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Dun Ban (F W L Thomas 1890) is situated towards the N end of Loch Huna, near Clachan-a-guilp connected by a causeway to the NW shore of the loch.
The enclosing wall (nowhere above 5ft high) seems to have contained, within its thickness, several small 'cup-shaped cells', apparently structural, in the largest of which was found a hammerstone. The original dun has been almost entirely obliterated by superimposed buildings of late medieval date.
E Beveridge 1911; F W L Thomas 1890.

The remains of this oblong dun are generally as described by Beveridge, but traces of the outer wall-face can be seen on the north and west sides. The 'cup-shaped cells' within the enclosing wall appear to be the result of later robbing rather than structural. Breaks in the N and S sides of this wall may represent original entrances. The name 'Dun Ban' could not be confirmed.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (J T T) 9 June 1965.

Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 402 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 185-7 photo (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 64-5, No. 204 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.