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Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 587331
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/587331
NB35 1 LOCH AN DUIN
NB/3928 5435
This probable broch or galleried dun near Shader, Barvas, is situated on a small island about 46m (50 yds) from the western shore of Loch an Duin. A causeway leads out to the island. More details of the structure have been recorded since Thomas visited the site and saw little because of modern buildings [3].
The stones fallen from the structure cover the whole surface of the islet [2]. The inner face of the wall can be seen in places but the outer is visible most of the way round, indicating an overall diameter of 18.8m north-east to south-west and 16.8m transversely [1]. The entrance can be seen on the west, choked with rubble, and is 1.2m wide; there are no signs of a door-frame. The remains of two corbelled mural cells can be seen on the north-west and the south-east. There are signs of late, sub-rectangular build-ings in the interior. The ruins on the island look rather insubstantial to be the remains of a broch tower.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NB 35 SE 4: 2. RCAHMS 1928, 10, no. 28: 3. Thomas 1890, 374.
E W MacKie 2007
