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Field Visit
Date May 1970
Event ID 1175825
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1175825
NM 829 263. By far the largest fort (Fig. 36) in Lorn is situated on Dun Ormidale (175 m OD), a conspicuous hill which forms the S end of a long ridge of high ground overlooking Gallanach to the S and the Sound of Kerrera to the W. Occupying the whole of the summit plateau, it contains an area of 3 ha (7.5 acres). On the N a grassy incline about 20 m in height provides relatively easy access to the plateau from the crest of the ridge, but on the other sides the site is bounded by steep, and in places precipitous, slopes.
No traces of any defences can now be seen on the S and W sides, where the sheer rock-faces may have been thought to afford adequate protection, but on the N and E the remains of what has been a substantial wall are visible intermittently. The wall is, however, reduced to a mere band of stony debris, measuring 3.7 m in greatest thickness and standing not more than 1 m in height; a few outer facing-stones survive in position at the NE angle together with a single example on the E. A gap in the N side, about 3 m wide, is approached from the outside by a winding track and probably represents the original entrance.
Apart from a knoll in the NE quarter, the interior is more or less level; no surface indications of buildings can be seen. For further discussion, see p. 16.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.
