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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 648145
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/648145
NB13NE 2 15598 35563
(NB 1558 3555) Dun Baravat (NR)
OS 6" map, (1965)
Dun Baravat, a galleried dun occupying an islet connected to the shore by a causeway 100' long. It measures internally 40' by 30' within the ruin of a galleried wall, the north sector of which still stands to a height of 11', measures 8' in thickness, and exhibits the remains of part of a scarcement and an upper gallery.
A secondary building lies partly within and partly over the ruin of the wall.
R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1928, visited 1914.
Dun Baravat is as described and planned by the RCAHMS. A basal gallery 0.8m wide, beneath that described, has been exposed for a length of about 3.1m.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1969.
Alternatively classified as broch.
J N G Ritchie and M Harman 1985.