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MHG5239 - Dun Boreraig

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NG61NW 2 6151 1612.

(NG 6151 1612) Dun Boreraig (Fort) (NR).
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

On the N shore of Loch Eishort at Boreraig, some 1 3/4 miles E of Rudha Suisnish, on a small promontory rising about 40ft above the sea level, are the very scanty remains of Dun Boreraig. Of the defences, all that survives is a grass covered stony mound, which on the N or landward side measures 13ft broad, 6 1/2ft high on the inside and 3ft on the outside, and which, though greatly reduced in size, can be traced a short distance along the E and W flanks. The enceinte, which is rectangular with rounded corners, measures 66ft along the longer axis from N to S and 41ft from E to W. The stones from this dun have doubtless been removed to build an adjoining township, long deserted.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 15 May 1914.

Dun Boreraig is as described by RCAHMS. It is not a broch.
Visited by OS (C F W) 23 June 1961.

This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 6150 1612 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG61NW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	STRATH

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