Monument record 137 - DUN BARAVAT, LOCH BARAVAT, GREAT BERNERA

NB13NE 2 1558 3555.

(NB 1558 3555) Dun Baravat (NR)
OS 6" map, (1965)

Dun Baravat, a galleried dun occupying an islet connected to the shore by a causeway 100' long. It measures internally 40' by 30' within the ruin of a galleried wall, the north sector of which still stands to a height of 11', measures 8' in thickness, and exhibits the remains of part of a scarcement and an upper gallery.
A secondary building lies partly within and partly over the ruin of the wall.
R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.

Dun Baravat is as described and planned by the RCAHMS. A basal gallery 0.8m wide, beneath that described, has been exposed for a length of about 3.1m.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1969.

Alternatively classified as broch.
J N G Ritchie and M Harman 1985.

'The monument...comprises the remains of a galleried dun, a fortified settlement of Iron Age date. The area to be scheduled is irregular and measures a maximum of 20m E-W by 50m N-S, to include the dun and its causeway.'
HS Scheduling Document 30 July 1992.

A ceramic assemblage reported to TTU; recovered from the the bed of Loch Bharabhat in 2015 by C.Murray. The material was exmained by M.Copper and identified as Mid Iron Age.
KM 19/07/2024

Thomas, F. W. L., 1890, Archaeol Scot, 391, 407, 411 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7756.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 20-1, No. 71 fig. 51 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

R W Feachem, 1963b, A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland, 182 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2141.

J N G and M Ritchie and Harman, 1985, Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Argyll and the Western Isles, 135, no. 60 (Bibliographic reference). SWE6206.

T N and P G Dixon and Topping, 1986, Int J Nautical Archaeol Underwater Explor, 191 fig. 3 (Bibliographic reference). SWE665.

D.Garrow, F.Sturt, M.Copper, 2017, Submerged Neolithic of the Western Isles
Interim Report (March 2017) (Monograph). SWE41254.