What is recorded here
Barra, Castlebay, Dun is a mound in Castlebay, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, recorded without a clear period but marked on the official map to within ten metres. It may have been a fort, a burial heap, a boundary marker or the crushed remains of a house that stopped being a house long before anyone thought to ask. The stone and soil do not need a date to keep their shape. They wait for a person stubborn enough to sit beside them, watch the light change, and stop inventing.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, Castlebay, Dun as Mound (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 249 yd
Church and hotel at CastlebayChurch, cross or graveyard · 255 yd
Castlebay seen from the Kisimul Castle ferryCastle, fort or tower · 263 yd
Castle Bay, BarraCastle, fort or tower · 265 yd
Barra, Castlebay, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Presbytery HousePresbytery (post Medieval) · 271 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 778 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 1474 yd
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1758 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1.1 mi
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1.1 mi
Woodland, BreibhigForest or wood · 1.3 mi
Beinn na MòineMountain / peak · 1.4 mi