Archaeology Notes

Event ID 855956

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM47NW 2 4217 7867.

(NM 4217 7867) Caisteal An Duin Bhain (NR)

OS 6" map (1903)

A natural stack rising 15-30 ft above general ground level, adapted for occupation by the building of a wall 7-9ft thick around the summit, enclosing a lozenge-shaped area 95 ft N-S, by 129 ft E-W. The entrance is on the NNE.

RCAHMS 1928

Foundations of one or two probably medieval rectangular buildings may be seen within the fort, but nothing is known of their date.

R W Feachem 1963