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Carn Na Dreamaig

Fort (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Carn Na Dreamaig

Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 12277

Site Number NH40NW 1

NGR NH 4175 0942

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH40NW 1 4175 0942.

NH 4175 0942. Occupying the rocky, uneven summit of a ridge named Carn na Dreamaig, about 330m OD, are the turf-covered remains of a fort discovered by Mr Lawson.(A B Lawson, Dhuhallow , Errogie, Stratherrick, Inverness-shire) It measures approximately 47.0m NE-SW by a maximum of 19.0m transversely within a severely reduced wall, best preserved at the NE and SW extremities, where it is 1.1m maximum height and spread to a width of 4.0m. Along the rim of the rocky slopes in the S and SE, the wall is generally reduced to an amorphous, turf-covered rickle of stones, and there is a total absence of walling along the NW side, where the cliffs are sheer and the outcropping rock forms a natural rampart. No facing stones can be identified in situ. An entrance gap about 1.4m wide is discernible in the wall at the NE end. To the SW of the fort at a lower level, two outer ramparts, visible as stony scarps up to 0.8m high, have been thrown across the spine of the ridge; no entrances can be identified with certainty in this sector. The interior of the fort is featureless, but for the footings of a later rectangular bothy 3.5m by 3.0m.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (N K B) 14 September 1978

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Note (3 March 2015 - 18 October 2016)

This small fortification is situated on a rocky ridge and comprises a heavily robbed wall enclosing an elongated area measuring 47m from NE to SW by 19m transversely (0.09ha) on the summit, with two outer ramparts barring access from lower down the ridge to the SW. No trace of the inner wall can be seen along the cliff-edge forming the NW flank of the ridge, but at both ends it forms a bank of rubble up to 4m in thickness by 1.1m in height, while along the SE it is reduced to a thin band of stones. The entrance is at the NE end. The two outer ramparts crossing lower down the spine of the ridge on the SW form stony scarps about 0.8m high. The only feature visible in the uneven interior is a rectangular bothy.

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 October 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2868

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