Archaeology Notes

Event ID 693624

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR15NE 2 1724 5628

(NR 1724 5628) A dun (RCAHMS) lying on a narrow ridge and measuring 20ft to 25ft within a wall 8ft to 11ft thick with a 5ft wide entrance in the E. The W wall footings are adapted to outcrop and stand some 6ft to 7ft higher than the wall remains on the E. Considerable tumble points to walls of some height. Several short stretches of walling block gullies in the cliff-face...On a slightly lower level to the S and a few feet from the above is an independently walled, and perhaps independent dun, trapezoidal in outline and 37ft E-W by 18ft to 29ft N-S over 7ft wide walls.

F Newall 1964

The remains of a coastal dun and annexe in a strong defensive position on a narrow rocky point. Only a few covered basal stones survive of the dun which appears to have been circular and 12.0m in overall diameter with walling 2.5m thick. Its position and the direction of tumble does suggest the wall was built over stepped rock on the seaward side.

The lower level annexe covers a slightly dished and featureless area generally as described, with only the N wall, 12.0m long and 1.3m high, intact. A 2.0m break at the W end of this wall indicates an entrance approach, the steep rocky ground below being crudely stepped and revetted with packed stone. No entrance to the dun was discernable.

As stated, the sheer gulleys around the dun all appear to have been stone blocked.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (JRL) 21 May 1978