Archaeology Notes

Event ID 659021

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG82NE 21 8506 2773.

There is a hill fort on the N side of the road from Dornie to Balmacara after crossing Nostie Burn, at a height of 200' and before reaching the probable hut circle (NG82NW 4).

T Wallace 1898.

Surmounting a rocky knoll at NG 8506 2773 is the foundation of an oval dun, probably that referred to by Wallace (T Wallace 1898).

It measures overall 23.0m NNW-SSE by c. 13.0m, with the outer wall face visible in the debris for most of the perimeter except in the W where the wall has mostly slipped away. The inner face is nowhere visible, but the spread of debris suggests a wall thickness of between 3.5m and 4.0m. The entrance is not evident, but may have been in the W at the easiest approach.

Below the dun on the W is a near-circular enclosure about 10.5m in diameter within a ruinous stone wall. This seems to be relatively recent and may be contemporary with late cultivation close by.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (A A) 6 June 1974; T Wallace 1898.