Vn25 North Vatersay
Broch (Iron Age)
Site Name Vn25 North Vatersay
Classification Broch (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 335848
Site Number NL69NW 165
NGR NL 62706 97284
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit
VN25 (NL627972) Heavily embedded and incomplete oval stone structure 9 x 7.5 m internally, with wall 1.9 m wide; overall dimensions 13.8 x 11.3 m. The largest blocks of stone in situ measure between 1.5 and 2 m in length. On the west side there is a pile of discarded or unused blocks that included further stone of similar size. Nowhere is the structure above foundation level, and even this is only well preserved in the south-west quadrant. This is clearly the remains of a monumental structure of considerable interest and we discuss it further in Chapter 10 (Fig 1-.8). We identify this structure as an unfinished 'broch'.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 42