Archaeology Notes

Event ID 796444

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR39SW 1 3486 9314.

(NR 3487 9314) Dun Gallain (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1900)

Dun Ghallain, a promontory fort formed by two lines of defence cutting off approach from the east, and having precipitous drops on the other three sides. The walls, whose plan is not now clear, have been well built of dry-stone masonry incorporating many large stones. Traces of possible huts are visible inside the fort, and great quantities of fallen debris lying all round the hill testify to the former strength of the defences.

S Piggott and C M Piggott 1948

This fort measures internally 30.0m E-W by 25.0m and is generally as described. The inner wall, which encircles the top of the promontory, has outer facing stones visible throughout the whole of its circumference. The entrance is in the NE and the interior is featureless apart from abundance of loose stone; no huts can be distinguished within the fort. The outer wall cuts off approach from both the E, where it is built on top of a natural wall of rock, and the S.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (BS) 5 April 1974