Monument record MHG5795 - Dun Borve
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3425 5256 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG35SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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Full Description
NG35SW 3 3426 5257.
(NG 34265257) Dun Borve (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Dun Borve - listed by RCAHMS (1928) under Probable Brochs. On a rocky ridge on the eastern shore of Loch Greshornish, at Borve, near Edinbain, are the remains of a dun. On the flanks the ridge rises sharply about 50' above the loch to the W and about 20' above the land to the E, but at the extremities it tails away more gradually in rocky slopes and bluffs. The building has been entirely removed, leaving a shapeless mass of stone and soil 5' high in places, forming a ring about 53' in diameter externally. The shape and the dimensions of the remains suggest that this may have been a broch. Graham lists this as an uncertain broch.
RCAHMS 1928; A Graham 1949.
Dun Borve is as described by RCAHMS. The plan and dimension, etc., suggest that it is almost certainly a broch.
Visited by OS (ASP) 1 May 1961.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1531 Text/Publication/Article: Graham, A. 1949. 'Some observations on the brochs', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 81 1946-7, p.48-99. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 48-99. 48-99.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 160-1, No. 515.
- --- SHG7129 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Dun Borve, Loch Greshornish. Digital Image. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
