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<< Other Photo Pages >> Dun Baravat - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Lewis

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 03 May 2012  Page Views: 2893

Multi-periodSite Name: Dun Baravat Alternative Name: Dun Barabhat
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.872 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Lewis Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Map Ref: NB1559835563
Latitude: 58.216720N  Longitude: 6.84487W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Dun Baravat
Dun Baravat submitted by Creative Commons : Mossy Dun on Loch Barabhat. The growth on these old stones shows just how clean the Atlantic air must be. You can see the double wall and a collapsed stair. Copyright PeterJG1970 and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Dun in Isle of Lewis

Ruins of this galleried dun are dated for 300-200 BC. Remains of the causeway and Viking re-use of the site are preserved.

Read More at Canmore ID 4089.
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Dun Baravat
Dun Baravat submitted by jeffrep : Dun Barabhat from shore of Loch Barabhat (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Baravat
Dun Baravat submitted by Creative Commons : Loch Barabhat and Dun. The dun in loch Barabhat with the crofts of Tacleit beyond. Copyright PeterJG1970 and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Baravat
Dun Baravat submitted by jeffrep : Closer view of Dun Barabhat (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NB1535 : Mossy Dun on Loch Barabhat. by PeterJG1970
by PeterJG1970
©2009(licence)
NB1535 : Loch Barabhat and Dun. by PeterJG1970
by PeterJG1970
©2009(licence)
NB1535 : Lochan Sgeirean by Dave Fergusson
by Dave Fergusson
©2007(licence)
NB1536 : Loch Ional by Gus Macdonald
by Gus Macdonald
©2012(licence)
NB1636 : Great Bernera: the stores and post office by Chris Downer
by Chris Downer
©2013(licence)

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Re: Dun Baravat by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 October 2017
Hi,

I am curious about the Viking re-use of the site. What is the source for this? Neither Scotlandsplaces nor Canmore has turned up anything about it.

Thank you!
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    Re: Dun Baravat by Anne T on Wednesday, 04 October 2017
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    Hi, Anonymous,

    The link to Scotland's Places no longer works, but I've replaced it with the Canmore 4089 listing, which includes the following paragraph:

    "Iron Age village, probably first occupied more than 1,500 years ago, overlooking the creamy sweep of Bosta Beach. It was concealed beneath the machair until 1993, when a severe storm exposed the site. Excavations in 1996 revealed a complex of semi-subterranean, drystone dwellings, now vestigial, overlaid by a Viking house. The local history society has built a life-size reconstruction of one of the Iron Age dwellings nearby."

    Click on Canmore ID 4089 for their extensive notes.

    Hope this helps.
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