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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun an Sticir
Country: Scotland County: North Uist Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: NF897776  Landranger Map Number: 18
Latitude: 57.680832N  Longitude: 7.207973W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by h_fenton : DUN AN STICER from the causeway, the scale is 1 metre in length, I have made the scale more contrasty so that it shows up. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Broch in North Uist. The loch around Dun an Sticer is tidal to a certain extent, at low tide you shold be able to get across the causeways without getting your feet wet, at high tide you might get there with wellies on but in places the water may go over the top
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Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by h_fenton : Causeways at Dun an Sticer (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by SandyG : Looking along the causeway towards the dun. View from the west (27 August 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by Postman : Causeway leads off to the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by h_fenton : Rectanglar structure inside DUN AN STICER (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by SandyG : Dun and later building . The ranging rod indicates the entrance to the later building. The large slab probably represents a fallen door lintel. View from the south west (27 August 2015).

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by SandyG : Dun and later building. The walling next to the ranging rod belongs to the dun whilst the walling beyond forms part of the later rectangular building. View from north (27 August 2015).

Dun an Sticir
Dun an Sticir submitted by SandyG : View from west of the dun and later building built upon it. View from the west (27 August 2015).

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Dun an Sticir submitted by brookontheroad : Site in North Uist Scotland

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Re: Dun an Sticir by AKFisher on Saturday, 27 April 2024
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3D map of the site from SketchFab (credit: Smilemaker):
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Re: Dun an Sticir by coldrum on Saturday, 03 April 2010
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Re: Dun an Sticir by h_fenton on Sunday, 01 July 2007
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RCAHMS site description
Accessed (using PASTMAP): 01/07/2007

NF87NE 1 8972 7768.

(NF 8972 7768) Dun an Sticer (NR)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Dun an Sticer: circular fort, 60ft diameter, broken by a gap in the north. The massive outer wall and evidence of a gallery, together with other details, suggest that it was a broch. It is approached by a causeway. Finds include pottery.
A secondary rectangular structure has been erected inside, which may be associated with the traditional occupation of the site by Hugh, son of Archibald the Clerk, c. 1601-2 (RCAHMS 1928)
Broch - full description.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928.

Dun an Sticer (name confirmed locally) survives to a height externally of 3.6m and is a galleried dun, not a broch not a broch as claimed above. It is sub-circular, the wall-thickness is uneven and not more than 3.5m, its position on an islet is typical of a dun, and there appears to be no batter on the outside wall-face. It has been greatly mutilated in the NW and around the entrance in the west but the gallery, 1.0m wide, can still be traced in places.
The secondary drystone building, measuring 10.0m by 4.6m internally and 1.7m below the present top of the dun, must have been a fortified structure as ther is an emdrasure in the NW wall. It is entered from the NW and SW through passages 1.1m wide. The wall at the SW entrance is 2.5m thick.
Vague traces of a possible small building can be seen between the SE wall of the inner building and the inner wall of the dun: adjoining the outer wall-face of the dun on the east are two stock enclosures, measuring 7.8 x 5.0m and 9.0 x 5.5m over grass-covered walls 0.8 m. high.
A causeway connects the dun to Eilean na Mi-chomhairle, and from there to the north shore of the loch. It is 3.0m wide, bordered by large stones and suitable for wheeled traffic, which suggests that it may be contemporary with the secondary structure or the stock enclosures. Another causeway, from Eilean na Mi-chomhairle to the south shore of the loch, is much smaller, and is typical of those associated with duns. Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1965.
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