Skye, Baravaig
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Baravaig
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11543
Site Number NG60NE 3
NGR NG 6896 0893
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11543
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG60NE 3 6896 0893.
(NG 6896 0893) Site of Dun (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Site of dun (RCAHMS 1928). An old fort ... or few loose stones is all that remains visible. (Ordnance Survey Name Book [ONB] 1876)
Name Book 1876; RCAHMS 1928.
The published site falls upon a small promontory sloping towards the sea, with precipitous rocky sides, which rises about 40 feet above sea level. No trace of a dun could be found but its site may be marked by an area of hummocky ground.
Visited by OS (A S P) 17 June 1961.
