Dun Borrafiach is an
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age ( Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age ( Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostl ...
broch located on the north coast of the island of
Skye, in Scotland ().
Location
Dun Borrafiach is located on the
Waternish
Waternish or Vaternish ( gd, Bhàtairnis) is a peninsula approximately long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island, and originally inhabited and owned by Clan MacNeacail/M ...
peninsula of
Skye, about 8 kilometres northwest of the village of
Lusta.
It occupies a rocky outcrop overlooking the Borrafiach Burn.
Description
Dun Borrafiach has an external diameter of 16.5 metres, and the walls still stand to a height of 2.7 metres on the south side.
The entrance is on the northwest side of the broch.
The northeast side of the entrance-way appears to have been narrowed in antiquity by the insertion of additional walling.
Inside the broch, a long stretch of the outer face of the intramural gallery is still visible on the east side.
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Brochs in the Isle of Skye
Scheduled monuments in Scotland
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