Findon Cottage
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Findon Cottage
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13708
Site Number NH66SW 8
NGR NH 60949 60292
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66SW 8 6094 6028.
(NH 6094 6028) Dun (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A robbed dun, circular on plan, situated on level ground in a fork formed by two stream gullies. The wall is heavily quarried but the outer face is visible in the NE, S and SW giving an overall diameter of 21.0m. The inner face can be seen in the SE indicating a wall thickness here of c.5.3m. Woodham (1956) states that the entrance in the W side is 4' wide, but there is now no trace of it.
The dun is surrounded by the remains of a stone wall, best preserved in the N where it is turf-covered and spread to c. 3.5m average width. Elsewhere it is evident as a faint rickle of stones. There is a break in the SW possibly an entance but more likely an access for robbing the dun. The footings of a rectangular structure, c. 5.5m by c. 3.0m, abut onto the inside of the wall in the NW.
Surveyed at 1/2500 (OS {R B})
Visited by OS (R B) 26 January 1966 and (R L) 3 December 1970.
A A Woodham 1956.
Field Visit (July 1979)
Findon Cottage NH 609 602 NH66SW 8
This dun is situated 50m NE of Findon Mill on a promontory formed by the confluence of two streams. Measuring about 8.5m in diameter within a heavily robbed wall 3.5m thick, it is surrounded by an outer rampart, which is best preserved on the N and E. Gaps in both the dun wall and the outer rampart on the WSW may indicate the entrance.
RCAHMS 1979, visited July 1979
Woodham 1956, 83, no. 50
