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Reference
Date 1996
Event ID 1144165
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1144165
NM 750 107 Leccamore, Dun, Luing
This dun is both remarkably well preserved and also contains several unusual features. Situated on the summit of a long ridge, it has been defended both by an outer wall and on the north by two rock-cut ditches which run athwart the ridge. The dun measures about 20 m by 13 m within a wall which is up to 5 m in thickness. The dun has two apparently contemporary entrances, one on the south-west and the other on the north-east side. The outer wall-face on the south-west has been particularly carefully constructed with a distinct batter, and the walls of the entrance passage still stand to a height of almost 2 m. The passage has door jambs close to the outside, one of the jamb-stones bearing at least fifteen cup-markings on one face; perhaps the stone was one slab of a cist burial discovered in the course of the original building work. The bar-hole and the opposing slot for storing the bar when the door was open are still visible, the slot extending for a distance of 2.7 m into the thickness of the wall. The north-east entrance is less well preserved, but there are cells on both sides of the passage, that on the north-west side being carefully corbel led. Leading from the west side of this cell there is a flight of steps, which presumably allowed easy access to the wall-head in times of attack.
RCAHMS 1996
