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Field Visit
Date 1 June 1972
Event ID 625920
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/625920
(Location cited as NG 2060 0481). Dun Channa is a fort occupying an area measuring about 41.0m NW-SE by 33.0m. The wall (c 25.0m long) across the access averages about 2.0m in width increasing to 3.0m at the SE side of the central entrance.
The interior of the fort is covered with thick vegetation and the remains of the alleged "medieval foundations" are almost unintelligible apart from two D-shaped structures abutting the fort wall.
There are suggestions of other possible structures under the turf.
The roughly built nature of the outer face of the fort wall may indicate a late date, but whether it is contemporary with the internal structures is not possible to determine. The position is one of difficult access and considerable strength.
Visited by OS (I S S) 1 June 1972.
