MHG4947 - Dun Boreraig, Skye
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- BROCH (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Dun Boreraig, NG15SE0001
Brochs are round, tower-like houses, their monumental size intended to display the wealth and status of the agricultural communities who lived in them. They were occupied in the later Iron Age and are common in the north and west of Scotland. (41)
The drystone walls of this broch stand amidst a mass of collapsed masonry, suggesting they were once much taller than their present 2.5m. Massive blocks define a narrow entrance passage leading into the broch’s interior. An intra-mural gallery, which may have given access to upper floors, can be traced within the walls. (52)
Dun Boreraig is perched prominently on top of cliffs overlooking Loch Dunvegan, in northwest Skye. Its impressive position, controlling both land and sea, suggests that Dun Boreraig was indeed intended to dominate the surrounding landscape. (35)
Armit, I., 1997. Celtic Scotland. Edinburgh: Batsford.
RCAHMS. 1928. The Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. Edinburgh: HMSO, 154-6, No. 505.
[photo. – site from distance to show position?]
Information from SCRAN Project, March, 2000
NG15SE 1 1948 5311.
(NG 1948 5311) Dun Boreraig (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Dun Boreraig, a broch measuring 35ft in internal diameter with walling 10 - 11ft thick, the outer face of which survives to a height of 8-9ft on the S and SE. There is an outwork enclosing the rock on which it stands.
RCAHMS 1928; A Graham 1949.
Dun Boreraig, a broch and outworks as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 4 May 1961.
This site was included in Mackie's 2007 'The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c.700 BC - AD 500: Architecture and material culture'. See link below to HES Canmore record which includes the chapter on this site. <1>
Sources/Archives (16)
- --- SHG1203 Text/Publication/Article: Graham, A. 1951. 'Notes on some brochs and forts visited in 1949', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 83 1948-9, p.12-24. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 12-24. 48-99.
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- --- SHG14752 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
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- --- SHG14755 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14756 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14757 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14758 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14759 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14760 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14761 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14762 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG14763 Image/Photograph(s): Dun Boreraig, Skye. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- 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. . 154-6, No. 505; plan, fig. 222; illusts figs 210, 279.
- <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. pp. 809-810.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 1947 5311 (70m by 70m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG15SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/10628 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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