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Skye, Dun Faich
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Dun Faich
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Pharvig
Canmore ID 11541
Site Number NG60NE 1
NGR NG 6602 0697
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11541
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG60NE 1 6602 0697.
(NG 6602 0697) Dun Faich (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Dun Pharuig ("Patrick"), or Faich. On the shore about 350 yards ENE of the parish church of Sleat is a small promontory terminating in an elevated plateau, with precipitous rocky sides, which rises nearly 60ft above high water mark and 14ft above the connecting ridge on the W or landward side. On the simmit, which is D-shaped, are the faint traces of Dun Pharaig. It seems to have been surrounded by a stone wall, but this has almost entirely disappeared except on the landward side, where the outer face shows a height of about 4ft of a drystone wall built in a straight line. The dun measures 36ft NE-SW and 34ft NW-SE. Across the neck which joins it to the land, about 36ft from the dun, are traces of an outer wall, which may or may not be part of the original defences.
(RCAHMS 1928).
Dun Faich, the remains of a dun as described by RCAHMS. Condition - very poor.
Visited by OS (A S P) 16 June 1961.
Field Visit (7 May 1914)
Dun Pharuig ("Patrick") (O.S.), or Faich, Kilmore.
On the shore about 350 yards east-north-east of the parish church of Sleat, at Kilmore, is a small promontory terminating in an elevated plateau with precipitous rocky sides, which rises nearly 60 feet above the high watermark and 14 feet above the connecting ridge on the west or landward side. On the summit, which is D-shaped, are the very faint traces of Dun Pharuig. It seems to have been surrounded by a stone wall, but this has almost entirely disappeared except on the landward side, where the outer face shows a height of about 4 feet of a drystone wall built in a straight line. The dun measures 36 feet from north-east to south-west and 34 feet from north-west to south-east. Across the neck which joins it to the land, about 36 feet from the dun, are traces of an outer wall, which may or may not be part of the original defences.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 7 May 1914.
OS map: Skye lvii.
