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Latitude: 58.4485 / 58°26'54"N
Longitude: -6.3276 / 6°19'39"W
OS Eastings: 147607
OS Northings: 959270
OS Grid: NB476592
Mapcode National: GBR B6RD.JGL
Mapcode Global: WGY1T.SX24
Entry Name: Loch Shiavat,dun
Scheduled Date: 29 June 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5381
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun; Secular: enclosure
Location: Barvas
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: An Taobh Siar agus Nis
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument is a late prehistoric or Medieval fortified dwelling or dun.
The fort is situated on, and totally occupies the area of, an island in the S part of Loch Shiavat. The remains of a causeway approach it from the SW. The dun is circular and grass covered having a diameter of approximately 14m. The outer defence wall on the NE and S sides stands to a height of 1.2m and is about the same thickness.
The area to be scheduled is circular measuring a maximum of 15m in diameter, to include the dun as shown on the attached map in red.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well preserved example of a lightly-built Iron Age of medieval dun which due to its inaccessibility and water-logged condition preserves archaeological material which could, through excavation, contribute to our knowledge of defensive settlement, society and agricultural practices in the later prehistoric or early medieval period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NB45NE 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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