Dun Mor Vaul

The excavation of the semi - Broch Dùn Mòr, at Vaul, 300 m from the coast, at the narrowest point of the island of Tiree in Argyll and Bute, was carried out between 1962 and 1964 by EW MacKie. Hence, the period of modern research on the Broch on the Atlantic side of Scotland began.

The Broch is situated on a cliff top and has an internal diameter of 9.2 m. The walls preserved to a height of about two meters are about 4.5 m thick. The entrance is on the southeast side. He has a round guard cell and a long bar or bolt hole for securing the no longer existing door. The inside of the wall on a sector of about 300 ° circumferential gallery is well preserved. The main entrance to the gallery and the stairs that gave access to the higher levels, are in the north. The idea to construction in the worn upper range is based on conjecture. The existence of a roof would be logical, but if there was one and to what extent and in what technology is unknown. The central focus in the bottom region implies an opening in the roof structure.

The finds consist of pottery, rotary mills, tools, bone dice and bronze objects. Both the weaving of wool and the metal processing were to prove.