© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic Environment Scotland
Dun Borrafiach is a broch situated on the Isle of Skye in Waternish, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents one of the distinctive fortified roundhouses characteristic of northern Scotland during this period. The broch exhibits the typical architectural form of such structures, with a circular stone-built tower designed for defensive purposes and habitation. Like other brochs of its kind, Dun Borrafiach would have served as a prestigious residence and stronghold for a local elite family during the Iron Age.
Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM909. View the official record →
Dun Borrafiach is a broch situated on the Isle of Skye in Waternish, Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM909.
Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a broch, waternish. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish 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 SM909.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Gearymore, broch, buildings and rig & furrow, Skye (1.1 km), Unish House,house,outbuildings and steading (2.2 km), Trumpan Church, burial ground and 'Priest's Stone', Hallin (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish'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 Borrafiach, broch, Waternish stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.