Skye, Dun Hollan, Conista
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Dun Hollan, Conista
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 11402
Site Number NG47SW 4
NGR NG 4333 7322
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11402
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47SW 4 4333 7322.
(NG 4333 7322) On a slight rock eminence rising some 70ft from the left bank of the Kilmaluag River, and about 10ft above the rising ground to the W, at an elevation of 200ft OD, are the fragmentary remains of Dun Hollan. Oval on plan, the longer axis running NNW-SSE, it measures internally 36ft in length and 23ft in breadth. All that remains of the enclosing wall is a mound of stone rising 2ft above the interior.
The entrance is not discernible.
(RCAHMS 1928).
Dun Hollan - as described by RCAHM
Visited by OS (C F W) 25 April 1961.
Except for two or three possible outer facing stones on the SE of the knoll there is no trace of Dun Hollan. The knoll is overlaid by later denuded field dykes which RCAHMS appear to have mistaken for the dun wall, rendering their measurements suspect.
Visited by OS (I S S) 16 September 1971.
Field Visit (28 May 1914)
Dun Hollan, Connista, Kilmaluag.
At the eastern extremity of the township of Connista, on a slight rocky eminence rising some 70 feet from the left bank of the Kilmaluag River, and about 10 feet above the rising ground to west, at an elevation of 200 feet above sea-level, are the fragmentary remains of Dun Hollan. Oval on plan, the longer axis running north-north-west and south-south-east, it measures internally 36 feet in length and 23 feet in breadth. All that remains of the enclosing wall is a mound of stone rising 2 feet above the interior. The entrance is not discernible.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 28 May 1914.
OS map: Skye iv (unnoted).
