Eilean Dòmhnuill

The causeway to the settlement Eilean Dhomhnaill in Loch Olabhat

Armit identifies the islet of Eilean Dòmhnuill (Scots Gaelic: The Isle of Donald), Loch Olabhat on North Uist, Scotland as what may be the earliest crannog. Unstan ware pottery found there suggests a Neolithic period date of 3200-2800 BC. A surrounding timber screen and the turf-walled houses seem to have been repeatedly taken down and rebuilt, and in the final phase two oblong stone-footed structures bear a resemblance to Knap of Howar on Papa Westray, Orkney.

References

Scotland's Hidden History - Ian Armit, Tempus (in association with Historic Scotland) 1998, ISBN 0-7486-6067-4
grid reference NF747753

Coordinates: 57°38′59″N 7°27′19″W / 57.64968°N 7.45528°W / 57.64968; -7.45528

Prehistoric Western Isles

Callanish Sites	Callanish 1 Callanish II Callanish III Callanish IV Callanish VIII Callanish X

Other Neolithic Sites	Barpa Langass Carinish Clach an Trushal Eilean Dòmhnuill Fir Bhreige Pobull Fhinn Steinacleit St Kilda

Bronze and Iron Age Sites	Allasdale Cladh Hallan Dun an Sticir Dun Bharabhat Dun Carloway Dùn Èistean Dun Vulan

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Eilean Dòmhnuill

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