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 Sceduling Document 30 July 1992.

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.