Skye, Dun Borrafiach
Archaeological Landscape (Iron Age) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Dun Borrafiach
Classification Archaeological Landscape (Iron Age) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Vaternish
Canmore ID 10938
Site Number NG26SW 2
NGR NG 2355 6370
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10938
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG26SW 2.00 2355 6370 Archaeological landscape
NG26SW 2.01 2355 6371 Broch
NG26SW 2.02 2355 6368 Shieling-huts (1446)
NG26SW 2.03 2362 6397 Farmstead; Banks; Rig; Kiln; Sheiling-hut (616-622, 1315)
NG26SW 2.04 2361 6331 Shieling-mounds; Sheiling-huts (1440-1445)
NG26SW 2.05 2312 6323 Enclosure; Hut-circle (possible) (630)
NG26SW 2.06 2316 6338 Buildings; Enclosure (628)
NG26SW 2.07 2313 6323 Hut-circle; Small Cairns; Sub-peat Bank (629)
NG26SW 2.08 2321 6371 Shieling-mound (632)
NG26SW 2.09 233 636 Field-system
NG26SW 2.10 2298 6342 Shieling-mound (631)
Field Visit (28 June 1990)
The Borrafiach burn and the Allt Bocaig run down through a broad W-facing basin which is largely covered with a patchwork of fields interspersed with various structures and dominated by the broch situated on an eminence towards the N side of the basin, which has provided a focus for the later field system.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 June 1990
