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