Monument record 1205 - DUN EASHADER, NORTH UIST

NF87SW 4 8075 7266.

(NF 8075 7266) Dun Eashader, a flat island in Loch Eashader, may be partly or wholly artificial and shows traces of a slight wall around its edge: it was doubtless once occupied as a fort.
There appears to have been a shallow enclosed basin or harbour immediately within its S edge, and a causeway probably existed at the E end.
E Beveridge 1911.

The island in Loch Eashader, composed of rubble stones, is undoubtedly artificial and as described by Beveridge. It measures 16.0m E-W by 12.0m N-S.
There is a small modern cairn at the eastern end but no trace of a causeway or harbour could be found.
Visited by OS (R D) 21 June 1965.

The islet appears to be a substantially modified feature around a natural outcrop. The base of the islet isformed of large stones (larger than that which could be carried by a single person), perhaps built around a bedrock core, but rising at least 2m from the loch bed to reach the surface. The islet itself rises less than 1m above current loch levels and is topped with smaller portable stones. There are two erect stones on the island, one standing c. 1m tall and the other c. 2m tall.
Blankshein.S et al (2022).

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 218-19 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

Stephanie Blankshein, Angela Gannon, Duncan Garrow, Fraser Sturt, 2022, UIST CRANNOG SURVEY (Monograph). SWE41375.