Archaeology Notes

Event ID 693191

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR39NE 2 3890 9839.

(NR 3872 9843) Dun Tealtaig (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1900)

A strong promontory site with only natural defences and a few circular huts, with a narrow causeway to the mainland on the east. "Tealtaig" contains a Norse element meaning "hut" (information from Prof Watson).

S Piggott and C M Piggott 1948

NR 3890 9840: This promontory fort measures internally 46.0m NE-SW by 48.0m within a stone wall up to 1.0m high. The wall is best preserved in the S and SE where an outer face survives. Elsewhere steep cliffs provide adequate defence. The entrance is not apparent but could only have been on the S.

Within the interior on the N are four hut circles, levelled into the hillside and measuring from 4.3m to 8.5m in diameter.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (DWR) 16 April 1974