History Bornish

dun vulan broch

excavations of norse settlement nearby have provided important information lifestyles during period. suggests pigs more important aspect of viking farming prior time, red deer numbers may have been controlled rather species being subject hunting, herring fishing became important commercial consideration , trade centres south such dublin , bristol may have been important. coins found @ bornais , nearby cille pheadair produced in norway, westphalia, , england, although there none scotland. ivory greenland found there.

it known hebrides taxed using ounceland system , evidence bornais suggests settlers there may have been more prosperous families of similar status in northern isles, possibly due more relaxed political regime.