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Field Visit
Date 10 June 1915
Event ID 1104226
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1104226
Promontory Fort, Dun Briste, Berneray.
On the north-west of the island of Berneray is a small promontory running westward into the Atlantic, with precipitous flanks rising about 300 feet above the sea. This promontory, known as Dun Briste, is defended by a stone wall built across the landward end. The wall is much dilapidated and measures about 75 feet in length, and varies from 5 to 10 feet in width. The remains consist of two rows of stone slabs set on edge on the outer and inner faces, the interior apparently having been filled in with stone and earth. The entrance is not distinguishable. Abutting on the inside of the wall are several hut circles of stone, of which the best preserved lies behind the southern end of the wall and measures about 12 feet in diameter internally.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 10 June 1915.
OS map: Barra lxx.
