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Torran A'bharraich
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Torran A'bharraich
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11867
Site Number NG82SE 2
NGR NG 8831 2296
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11867
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG82SE 2 8831 2296.
At NG 8831 2296 is a dun occupying the summit of an isolated knoll named torran a'Bharraich.
It consists of a tumbled wall drawn across the N approach with the outer face visible intermittently in the debris. The inner face is not evident but the spread of rubble suggests a wall thickness of 3.0m to 4.0m. At the narrow SSE end of the knoll is a single boulder of the outer face backed by rubble, giving an internal length for the dun of c. 33.0m. The precipitous SW flank would require little extra protection and there is no trace of walling here. Neither is there any along the E flank where the wall would be expected to continue along a more vulnerable slope. There is no debris below to show that the wall has slipped, and the entire lack of any remains here may indicate the dun was unfinished. The maximum internal width would be about 13.0m narrowing to about 3.0m in the SSE. There is no indication of the entrance.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 12 June 1974.
Note (23 January 2015 - 31 May 2016)
A small fortification occupies a narrow hillock on the E side of an unnamed burn high up on the NE flank of Creagan nan Gamhna. The ground falls away steeply on the SW, but the approach from the NW is barred by the remains of a wall spread 3m to 4m thick, and while this cannot be traced around the more accessible E flank, a further band of rubble can be seen at the narrow SSE end. The featureless area these define on the summit measures about 33m from NNW to SSE by 13m transversely (0.03ha).
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2745
