Archaeology Notes

Event ID 799848

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR38NE 2 3541 8902.

(NR 3542 8901) Dun Domhnuill (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1900)

Dun Domhnuill, the robbed and overgrown remains of a contour fort about 200' by 80', on a site naturally defended by steep drops on all sides except the north where there is an additional stone line of defence. No definite entrance was traced, but there are vestiges of circular huts inside, especially on the west, and the remains of a midden. This site is comparable with Dun Cholla (NR39SE 12).

S Piggott and C M Piggott 1948

NR 3541 8902: A fort measuring internally 67.0m E-W by 23.5m within a stone wall best preserved on the NE where it is up to 3.0m wide and six outer courses high. No walling has been necessary on the S and SW sides. The entrance is not apparent but probably lay on the SE. Within the interior is a hut circle, abutting the fort wall and measuring 3.7m in diameter. Two circular hollows nearby possibly represent others. The midden occupies a large area on the S side of the fort.

Below the fort wall, on the E and most accessible side, is a substantial outwork wall with a single large outer face and rubble core up to 1.0m high. Access to this area is gained via a gully on the N with a paved pathway. A lower rock level to the E has been enclosed by a single line of vertical slabs.

Surveyed at 1/10 000.

Visited by OS (DWR) 18 April 1974