Archaeology Notes

Event ID 659012

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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(NG 8150 1973) Bernera Barracks (NAT) (In Ruins)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)

Bernera Barracks were constructed in 1722 (M E M Donaldson 1923) following the Risings of 1715 and 1719 (S Cruden 1960); a classic example of a standard Government type of smaller fort. Part of the material used was taken from a neighbouring broch. (M E M Donaldson 1923)

It was reduced in 1746 by the Jacobite army on its retreat to Scotland. (S Cruden 1960)

M E M Donaldson 1923; S Cruden 1960.

As planned by the Board of Ordnance (plan no Z3/6a) except that the Guard House should be on the NW corner and the beer and bakehouse should be on the SE corner. In ruinous condition.

Visited by OS (R L) 5 October 1966.

Bernera Barracks incorporate some interesting deviations from the design drawings, the most noticeable being the erection of angle towers at opposite corners to where they were intended to be. Neither the land surface nor soil conditions offer reasons for these alterations.

G Stell 1973.