Monument record 38 - LOCH BARAVAT, CROWLISTA, LEWIS

NB03SW 4 0386 3487.

A ring of tumbled stones, apparently (when viewed from the shore), the remains of a dun, round the margin of a small island about 250 yards W of NB03SW 3 and within 50 yards of the S side of Loch Baravat. There appear to be the remains of a causeway between the islet and the shore. RCAHMS 1928, visited 20 June 1914.

A small island, partly artificial, utilizing outcrop rock, upon which are the tumbled remains of a substantial sub-circular stone wall, approximately 10m overall diameter. There are traces of a very rough outer wall face on the N and W sides, unlike the more solidly built walling of a dun, suggesting a more recent date. The structure has been robbed to build a boat noust on the E side and two modern ca irns on its W side. There is no trace of a causeway.
Visited by OS 8 July 1969.

This site may be later prehistoric in origin, although some of the constructional features may indicate a more modern period of usage. Several sherds of pottery of medieval 'craggan' type were recovered from the loch bed silts.
T N Dixon and P G Topping 1986.

162: NB 0390 3484
Man made island
Situated in Loch Bharabhat on its south side is this large crannog. Mearuing 19m north-south and 14m west - east, this island is constructed of small rocks, and stands clear of the loch surface by up to a metre. A large drystone construction standing in places 10 courses high fills most of the surface of the island. Tehre is no causeway linking this island to the shore 60m to the south, but a boat noost can be seen on the island's northern shore.
Burgess & Church 1996, 52-3

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 22, No. 75 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

T N and P G Dixon and Topping, 1986, Int J Nautical Archaeol Underwater Explor, 191-2 (Bibliographic reference). SWE665.