Placename
Gaelic name: Cùl nan Sabhal
Name in Original Source: Cùl na Sabhal
English meaning: The back of the barns
Placename feature: Croftland
Notes: Recorded by AHS survey. This is recorded on the map by AHS as 'Cul na sabhal/Cul an dùn'. There is believed to be the footprint of a broch or broch-type structure here, looking out over the sea. Cùl an Dùin is also the name of the site of the present campsite. According to Donald Cameron, this name refers to the area behind the boundary wall behind the council houses, built c.1985, in Camasterrach
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIX-AHS
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.407225,-5.815148
Show on map: Click to view on google map




