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Bernera Barracks is a military fortification constructed in the early 18th century on the island of Bernera in Loch Lomond, Inverness-shire. Built following the Jacobite rising of 1715, the barracks served as a garrison to help enforce government control in the Highlands and suppress potential further rebellion. The structure comprises substantial stone walls and associated military buildings typical of post-1715 government forts established across the Highlands. The site represents an important phase of British military intervention in Scottish affairs during the early Hanoverian period.
Bernera Barracks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM950. View the official record →
Bernera Barracks is a military fortification constructed in the early 18th century on the island of Bernera in Loch Lomond, Inverness-shire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM950.
Bernera Barracks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Telve and Dun Troddan,brochs,Glenelg (2.8 km), Dun Grugaig,dun,Gleann Beag (5.3 km), Caisteal Grugaig, broch 900m WSW of Totaig (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bernera Barracks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bernera Barracks stands on Lewisian Complex, bedrock that formed in the Proterozoic. The rock here is gneiss.