Site Event/Activity record EWE72 - Dun Eistean Archaeology Project Excavations 2005-7

Location

Location Ness, Isle of Lewis
Grid reference NB 53523 65027 (point)
Map sheet NB56NW
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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Description

Excavations on the fort of Dun Eistean, over three field seasons. Associated with the Ness Landscape Survey 2005-7

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Unpublished document: Rachel Barrowman. 2006. Dun Eistein Archaeology Project Excavations 2005; Data Structure Report.
  • --- Unpublished document: Rachel Barrowman. 2006. Dun Eistean Archaeology Project Excavations 2006: Data Structure Report.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Rachel Barrowman. 2015. Dun Eistean, Ness..
  • --- Article in serial: Rachel Barrowman. 2019. “A Cultural Backwater”: The “Localness” of Dùn Èistean, Ness and its Place in the Wider Maritime World of Northwest Scotland.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • DUN EISTEAN, PORT OF NESS, LEWIS (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2026 4:28PM

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