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Publication Account

Date 2007

Event ID 587444

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

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NF75 4 DUN TORCUSAY

NF/7618 5313

This probable oval ground-galler-ied or transitional broch (or 'galleried dun') in Benbecula stands on an islet in Loch Torcusay and has been robbed of stones to build nearby houses [1]. The plan of the building seems to be an irregular oval and the wall stands 1.1m high in places but only the foundations remain. The entrance is visible on the east and its door-checks are visible. Immediately to the south of the passage is a large rectangular chamber with traces of two smaller chambers in other parts of the wall. In 1965 [1] no trace was seen of the “second entrance” in the south reported earlier [2].

Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NF 75 SE 5 (with plan): 2. RCAHMS 1928, 101, no. 347.

E W MacKie 2007

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