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Latitude: 57.5785 / 57°34'42"N
Longitude: -6.6265 / 6°37'35"W
OS Eastings: 123544
OS Northings: 863702
OS Grid: NG235637
Mapcode National: GBR B80P.RKK
Mapcode Global: WGX4T.5SS4
Entry Name: Dun Borrafiach, broch, Waternish
Scheduled Date: 13 September 1960
Last Amended: 28 February 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM909
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch
Location: Duirinish
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument consists of the remains of a broch on the W side of the Waternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye. The broch is already scheduled, but with an inadequate area fully to protect the archaeological remains: this rescheduling rectifies the position.
The broch stands on a rocky knoll and its external wall still stands at least 3m high in places. The broch remains are surrounded by a spread of rubble which may contain associated remains. Traces of several stone field boundaries appear to radiate from the broch, but it is not clear if these are contemporary or later.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 40m in diameter centred on the broch, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as a well preserved example of a broch. It retains considerable potential to provide important information about the construction and use of these structures and their function in contemporary settlement patterns.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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