MHG5069 - Broch - Dunalighlin
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Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Undated)
Protected Status
Full Description
NG34SW 2 3098 4260.
(NG 3098 4260) Immediately to the E of the road from Dunvegan to Struanmore, overlooking the mouth of the Abhainn Bhaile Mheadhonaich, and occupying a rocky knoll, some 30 - 40ft high, which surmounts the steep rise from the shore, is a very dilapidated broch. It stands about 200ft OD, and some 300 yards E of the shore of the loch. The wall has been reduced to the foundation course outside, and now appears as a ring of stones and earth 4 - 6ft high. The internal diameter measures from 36 - 37ft and the wall from 11ft 6ins to 12ft in thickness.
RCAHMS 1928.
A broch as described by RCAHMS with an entrance 1.2m wide in the NE quadrant, showing the remains of a door check in its S side. Condition poor. The township formerly clustered about it was known as Dunalighlin in 1824. (NG34SW 5)
Visited by OS (C F W) 7 April 1961.
NG34 1 DUN ALIGHLINN ('Abhainn Bhaile Mheadonaich')
NG/3098 4260
A very dilapidated possible broch in Bracadale, Skye, standing on a rocky knoll 9.05-12.2m (30-40 ft) high. The name used here is instead of that created by the Commission (after the nearby stream) and was suggested by Swanson [4]; it seems very appropriate because Dunalighlinn, the abandoned settlement nearby, must surely have taken its own name from the traditional one of the much older fortified site.
The building [4, plan] has been reduced to a ring of stones and earth 1.22-1.83m (4-6 ft) high. Traces of the lowest course of the inner and outer faces of the wall indicate an internal diameter of 10.98-9.46m (36 - 31 ft) and a wall thick-ness of from 3.51 - 3.66m (11.5 - 12 ft) [2]. There are signs of the entrance on the east-north-east with the remains of a door-check in its south side in the form of an upright slab [1]. There are traces of a later, possibly circular structure inside the broch [4, plan].
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NG 34 SW 2: 2. RCAHMS 1928, 143, no. 481: 3. MacSween 1984-85, 45, no. 24: 4. Swanson (ms) 1985, 875, plan. <1>
The broch (and a standing stone to the southwest) were Scheduled by Historic Environment Scotland in 2017. <2>
This broch provides the focus for the township NG34SW0005. See child record
JW 10/12/01
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 143, No. 481.
- --- SHG9670 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Dunalighlin. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- <1> SHG26111 Text/Publication/Monograph: Mackie, E.. 2007. The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c.700 BC - AD 500: Architecture and material culture Part 2 (I & II) The Northern and Southern Mainland and the Western Islands. BAR British Series. 444. Paperback. NG34 1 DUN ALIGHLINN.
- <2> SHG27812 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017. Addition to the Schedule of Monuments: SM13664 Abhainn Bhaile Mheadhonaich, broch and standing stone 145m SE of An Cairidh. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3095 4261 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG34SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | BRACADALE |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM13664 (View HES designation record)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11114 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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