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Loch baravat,great bernera

Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera

Scotland
HES SM5409
Site type
Loch baravat,great bernera
Nation
Scotland
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dun Baravat is a prehistoric dun or fortified settlement located on the shores of Loch Baravat on the Isle of Great Bernera in Ross-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age and comprises the remains of a circular stone-built defensive structure typical of the Atlantic Scottish tradition of dun construction. Its position on the loch edge suggests a settlement strategy oriented towards both inland and maritime resources, common amongst Iron Age communities in the Hebrides. The site remains an important archaeological record of the early historic settlement patterns of the Western Isles.

Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5409. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera?

Dun Baravat is a prehistoric dun or fortified settlement located on the shores of Loch Baravat on the Isle of Great Bernera in Ross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5409.

Who is responsible for protecting Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera?

Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera 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 SM5409.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carnan Beag, chambered cairn 350m SSW of, Hacklete, Great Bernera (1.5 km), Tursachan, Barraglom, Beàrnaraigh / Standing Stones, Barraglom, Great Bernera (1.6 km), Dun Barraglom,broch,cup marked rocks,fish traps and settlement (1.6 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Carnan Beag, chambered cairn 350m SSW of, Hacklete, Great Bernera
Neolithic · Chambered cairn 350m ssw of, hacklete, great bernera1.5 km
Tursachan, Barraglom, Beàrnaraigh / Standing Stones, Barraglom, Great Bernera
Bronze Age · Barraglom, beàrnaraigh / standing stones, barraglom, great bernera1.6 km
Dun Barraglom,broch,cup marked rocks,fish traps and settlement
Iron Age · Broch,cup marked rocks,fish traps and settlement1.6 km
Airigh Mhaoldonuich,fallen standing stone
Bronze Age · Fallen standing stone2.4 km
Aird Callanish,cairn 200m SW of,Crulivig
Cairn 200m sw of,crulivig2.5 km
St Macra's Church,Kirkibost
Kirkibost3.6 km
Rubha nan Sidhean,cupmarked rocks and fish trap,Kirkibost
Cupmarked rocks and fish trap,kirkibost4 km
Dun Stuigh,dun,Great Bernera
Iron Age · Dun,great bernera4.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera

Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera stands on Lewisian Complex, bedrock that formed in the Proterozoic. The rock here is gneiss.

The wider landscape

Around Dun Baravat,Loch Baravat,Great Bernera

Callanish StonesArchaeological site · ~3.8 miles
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