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Dun Beag is a broch situated near Struan on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. The monument comprises the broch tower itself alongside associated structural remains that form part of the wider settlement complex. The broch exhibits the characteristic double-walled dry-stone construction typical of such fortified Iron Age roundhouses found throughout northern Britain, with evidence of internal galleries and stairs within the wall thickness. The site, designated as SM90325 in the Historic Environment Record, represents an important example of Iron Age settlement architecture in the Scottish Hebrides.
Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90325. View the official record →
Dun Beag is a broch situated near Struan on the Isle of Skye in Inverness-shire, Scotland, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90325.
Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch and surrounding structures, struan, skye. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye 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 SM90325.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Beag, cairn 100m SSW of, Struan (0.1 km), Dun Mor,fort,Struanmore (0.4 km), Knock Ullinish, souterrain (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye'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.
Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.