Archaeology Notes

Event ID 647964

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NB53SW 6 51682 30437

(NB 516 305) Dun (NR) (Site of): Stepping Stones (NAT)

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1899)

The remains of a dun on an islet, external diameter approx. 50ft, joined to the mainland by a causeway which was 9ft broad in 1914. Mainly a mass of tumbled stones 4 to 5 feet deep, but the outer face of the wall, which was built round the water's edge, was traceable in parts as a single course of stones,and one short section stood 3ft high.

RCAHMS 1928.

As described in RCAHMS. The outer face of the wall is visible all round the SE half of the circumference, with tumble extending 2.m. beyond it to the waters' edge. The internal face is nowhere traceable and the thickness of the wall cannot be estimated, nor can the entrance be seen.

Visited by OS (A L F R) assistant archaeology officer 22 April 1964.