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Field Visit
Date 7 May 1953
Event ID 1111130
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1111130
NS79SE 774 909 (unnoted)
Dun, Wallstale.
This dun is situated 160 yds. N. of Wallstale farmhouse, on a spur which projects southwards from Gillies Hill and at a height of a little over 400 ft. O.D. It is almost circular on plan (Fig. 22), measuring about 45 ft. in diameter within a ruined stonewall some 11 ft. in thickness. Except on the ESE. side, where the entrance was probably situated, the wall can be traced continuously by patches of rubble core, and round the E. half outer facing-stones are visible up to a maximum height of four courses. In contrast, the inner face is only exposed for a short distance on the ENE. The interior of the dun is featureless.
On the NW. side the dun is protected by a rock-cut ditch of substantial proportions which traverses the spur; it measures 26 ft. in width at the top and the scarp is 5 ft. 6 in. in depth.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 7 May 1953.
