Skye, Dun Borrafiach

Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Dun Borrafiach

Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 71401

Site Number NG26SW 2.02

NGR NG 2355 6368

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71401

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/8/2010

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking E.

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31/8/2010

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach broch, buildings and field system, taken from the ESE.

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31/5/2009

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach broch, buildings and field system, taken from the E.

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31/5/2009

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ESE.

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31/8/2010

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ENE.

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking SSW.

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking E.

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31/8/2010

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach broch, buildings and field system, taken from the SE.

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31/5/2009

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ESE.

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ESE.

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Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ESE.

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31/8/2010

DP 076608

General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach broch, buildings and field system, taken from the SSE.

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DP 094810

Oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking SW.

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Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Duirinish
Former Region Highland
Former District Skye And Lochalsh
Former County Inverness-shire

Activities

Field Visit (28 June 1990)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Waternish, Skye

NG26SW 2.02 2355 6368.

On the slopes to the S and W of Dun Borrafiach are at least eleven shieling-huts, some of which are slightly mounded and some may have two compartments. Two are built into the broch tumble and one is attached to a field-bank that is primary to the field-system.

(WAT90 1446)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 June 1990.

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