Iron Age broch with a medieval hall on an island in Loch an Sticir, reached by causeways near Newtonferry, North Uist
Dun an Sticir is an Iron Age broch, or galleried dun, on a small island in Loch an Sticir beside the B893 at the north end of North Uist, about 800 metres south of Newtonferry (Port nan Long). It was probably built between about 100 BC and AD 100, and in the late medieval period a rectangular hall was built inside it, traditionally the refuge of Hugh MacDonald of Sleat around 1601.
The island is joined by stone causeways, via the larger island of Eilean na Mi-chomhairle, to the shore. Access is free at any time, but the causeways can be partly under water at high tide and are rough and slippery. The site is a scheduled monument.
Photo PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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