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  SM913_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument to be scheduled comprises the remains of Dun Gearymore broch, a variety of stone structures and surrounding cultivation remains. The broch itself is already scheduled, but this scheduling extends protection to the surrounding remains.

The broch of Dun Gearymore is situated on a rock outcrop towards the N end of the Waternish peninsula. The broch wall only survives one or two courses high and has a diameter of c. 16m. It is no longer clear where its entrance was. On the N side of the broch are the remains of at least two circular stone-walled buildings c. 9m in diameter. On the E side of the broch are the remains of two rectangular stone-footed buildings and to their N lies an area of rig and furrow cultivation remains enclosed by two stone walls. The larger of the two rectangular buildings has a linear feature on its S side. It is not clear whether this represents a backfilled defensive ditch around the broch or a trackway leading up to the building. To the W of the broch lie the remains of a further two rectangular stone buildings, the southernmost building measuring 16.5m long and 7m wide and the northernmost 12.5m long by 5.8m wide.

The area now to be scheduled measures 290m from the NE corner to the SW by 250m WNW-ESE as indicated in red on the accompanying map extract.

Statement of National Importance

This monument is of national importance as the remains of a broch and possible ancillary structures which have been incorporated into a later pattern of rectangular buildings and associated field systems. The monument has clearly visible time-depth and has the potential to provide important information about the processes of change in rural settlement and land-use patterns over almost 2000 years.

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About Scheduled Monuments

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

The format of scheduled monument records has changed over time. Earlier records will usually be brief. Some information will not have been recorded and the map will not be to current standards. Even if what is described and what is mapped has changed, the monument is still scheduled.

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