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Latitude: 57.4942 / 57°29'39"N
Longitude: -6.4223 / 6°25'20"W
OS Eastings: 135129
OS Northings: 853517
OS Grid: NG351535
Mapcode National: GBR B8JX.H3S
Mapcode Global: WGY6F.BW0R
Entry Name: Dun Flashader, broch, Skye
Scheduled Date: 13 September 1960
Last Amended: 28 February 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM911
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Duirinish
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument to be scheduled is the broch known as Dun Flashader.
The remains of this Iron Age structure stand on the summit of a flat topped rocky eminence c 7.6m high. This broch is very dilapidated and its walls survive no more than 1.5m high. There are traces of an outer wall enclosing the rock outcrop with a small entrance on its E side. The monument was first scheduled in 1960, but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains; the present rescheduling rectifies this.
The area now to be scheduled covers the whole of the top of the rock outcrop, with maximum dimensions of 50m NE-SW by 50m NW-SE as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as the remains of a broch and its associated enclosure which has the potential to provide important information about the construction and use of these prehistoric defensive structures.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions of Skye and Small Isles. 1928, 160. no. 513.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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