Dun to Sticir
Dun an Sticir ( German "Castle of the Sneak" ) is one of the better preserved brochures in Scotland . It is located on the Hebridean island of North Uist , about 500 m south of Newtonferry (Gaelic: Port nan Long ), on one of the two small islands in the "Loch an Sticir" (lake).
In the Iron Age arose here between 500 BC. At the turn of the century, a brochure made of dry stone . The walls are preserved in places up to a height of more than three meters. In the Middle Ages , the brochure was removed from above in order to build a rectangular building from its stones. In the entrance there are traces of a so-called guard cell ( English guard-cell ) and within the wall of the radicals a niche. After a period of neglect under Norman rule (from the 9th to the 13th century), the brochure was repaired in the 16th century and a hall was built.
The island can be reached via a dam, which is flooded when the water level is high, from the northern end of the lake. The three-meter-wide stone dam that connects the island to the mainland via the neighboring island of Eilean na Mi-chomhairle is younger than an access via a narrower dam that starts at the southern end of the lake.
Tradition connects the island with a certain Hugh MacDonald (Uisdean Macghilleasbuig Chleirich) of Caisteal Uisdein , administrator of North Uist. He failed in 1586 in an attempt to replace his cousin Donald Gorm as clan chief and sought refuge here before he was captured and died in the dungeons of Duntulm Castle on Skye .
In the immediate vicinity of the brochure are:
- the stone circle Beinn A Chaolais
- the row of stones Crois Mhic Jamain
- the basement of Port nan Long
literature
- JNG Ritchie: Brochs of Scotland . Princes Risborough, Shire Archeology secund edition 1998, ISBN 0-7478-0389-7 p. 52
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dun to Sticir, North Uist
- ↑ Entry on Dun an Sticir in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Dun an Sticir in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. and pictures
Coordinates: 57 ° 40 ′ 53.5 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 28" W.