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Field Visit
Date 24 October 2012 - 25 October 2012
Event ID 992773
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/992773
NR 8043 6407 and NR 7811 9130 A survey was carried out 24–25 October 2012 on two duns in Argyll. Detailed plans and elevations were produced and laser scanning was used to produce 3D models of the sites.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland
Graeme Cavers, AOC Archaeology Group
2012
Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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DP 262419
View of broken wall of dun 1, at point 1, Dun a’Choin Duibh, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262420
View of broken wall of dun 1, at point 1, Dun a’Choin Duibh, facing NW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262421
View of broken wall of dun 1, at point 1, Dun a’Choin Duibh, facing SW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262422
View of broken wall of dun 1, at point 1, Dun a’Choin Duibh, facing NW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262423
View of external wall face of dun 1, at point 2, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262424
View of external wall face of dun 1, at point 2, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262425
General view of dun 1, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262426
General view of dun 1, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262427
View of dun surviving external wall
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262428
View of dun surviving external wall
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262429
View of the W entrance to dun 1, at point 3, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262430
View of the W entrance to dun 1, at point 3, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262431
View of the W entrance to dun 1, at point 3, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262432
View of the W entrance to dun 1, at point 3, facing SE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262433
View into the W entrance to dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262434
View into the W entrance to dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262435
View into the W entrance to dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262436
View into the W entrance to dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262437
View of the lintelled W entrance passage of dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262438
View of the lintelled W entrance passage of dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262439
View of the lintelled W entrance passage of dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262440
View of the lintelled W entrance passage of dun 1
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262441
View of broken wall and rubble to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262442
View of broken wall and rubble to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262443
View of broken wall and rubble to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262444
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262445
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262446
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262447
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262448
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262449
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262450
View of rubble slope to N of dun 1, at point 4, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262451
View of the ruinous N entrance to dun 1, at point 5, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262452
View of the ruinous N entrance to dun 1, at point 5, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262453
View of the ruinous N entrance to dun 1, at point 5, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262454
View of the ruinous N entrance to dun 1, at point 5, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262455
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, from N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262456
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, from N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262457
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, from N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262458
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, from N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262459
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, from N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262460
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, facing SW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262461
Remnants of SE quadrant of dun 1, at point 6, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262462
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262463
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262464
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262465
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262466
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262467
View of interior of dun 1, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262468
View of interior of dun 1, facing SW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262469
View of wall face fragment at point 7, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262470
View of wall face fragment at point 7, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262471
View of wall face fragment at point 8, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262472
View of wall face fragment at point 8, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262473
View of wall face fragment at point 8, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262474
View of wall face fragment at point 8, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262475
View of wall face fragment at point 9, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262476
View of wall face fragment at point 9, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262477
View of wall face fragment at point 9, facing NE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262478
View of remnants of wall (possibly point 9)
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262479
View of remnants of wall (possibly point 9)
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262480
View of remnants of wall (possibly point 9)
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262481
View of remnants of wall (possibly point 9)
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262482
View of wall face of dun 2, at point 9, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262483
View of wall face of dun 2, at point 9, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262484
View of wall face of dun 2, at point 9, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262485
View of wall face of dun 2, at point 9, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262486
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262487
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262488
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262489
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262490
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262491
Surveying underway in SE quadrant of dun, view from inside dun facing SW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262492
Surveying underway in SE quadrant of dun, view from inside dun facing SW
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262493
Working shot of surveying in progress
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262494
Working shot of surveying in progress
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262495
Working shot of surveying in progress
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262496
Working shot of surveying in progress
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262497
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262498
View of northern extent, showing circular structure (point 13), facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262499
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 10, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262500
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 10, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262501
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 10, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262502
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 10, facing E
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262503
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 10, facing SE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262504
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 11, facing SE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262505
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 11, facing SSE
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262506
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 11, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262507
Outer wall face of dun 3, at point 11, facing S
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262508
Circular structure at point 12, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262509
Circular structure at point 12, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262510
Circular structure at point 12, facing N
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262511
Circular structure at point 12, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262512
Circular structure at point 12
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262513
Circular structure at point 12
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262514
Circular structure
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262515
Circular structure
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262516
Circular structure
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262517
Circular structure at point 13, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 262518
Circular structure at point 13, facing W
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
24/10/2011
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
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Archive material associated with archaeological survey at Dun a Choin Duibh, Argyll
Archive of photographs associated with archaeological survey at Dun a Choin Duibh, Argyll
Archive of laser scan data associated with archaeological survey at Dun a Choin Duibh, Argyll
