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  SM5120_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

Dun Uislean is a small dun, probably of Iron Age date, upon an island (which may be artificial) in Loch Uislean. It is linked to the SE shore of the loch by a causeway. The dun is approximately 20m ENE-WSW by 16m transversely, and a possible entrance can be seen in the SE, where a partially submerged curving boulder causeway, 2m in width and 60m in overall length, gives access through the shallow loch from the shore.

The interior of the dun is obscured by the remains of a small rectangular structure of later date. The area to be scheduled is irregular, 35m E-W by 30m N-S to contain the entire surface area of the island on which the dun is sited plus an additional strip 20m wide and 60m long attached to its SE corner and centred upon the causeway, all as marked in red upon the accompanying map.

Statement of National Importance

This monument is of national importance as an example of a typical defensive settlement of the later prehistoric period. Its importance is enhanced by its location in a site which will be largely waterlogged, giving a high likelihood of preservation of organic remains, accessible to excavation, which would do much to contribute to knowledge of more ephemeral aspects of contemporary domestic and defensive architecture and domestic and agricultural economy.

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