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Whitebridge
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whitebridge
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12294
Site Number NH41SE 14
NGR NH 4954 1471
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12294
- Council Highland
- Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH41SE 14 4954 1471.
At NH 4954 1471 at the E end of a ridge are the remains of a dun. An elongated oval in plan, it measures 26.0m (ENE-WSW) by 7.0m at the W end and 9.0m at the E end, within a wall reduced to a grass scarp in which a few outer facing stones survive intermittently. The wall seems to have been between 2.0m and 3.0m in thickness. A slight depression in the scarp at the W end may indicate the entrance.
The W approach to the dun has been protected by an outwork, now reduced to one or two outer facing stones and traces of rubble core, sone 18.0m outwith the dun wall. Traces of another are visible below the ridge in the SE, where it has blocked an access up the crags.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 18 September 1974
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1/10,000,
Visited by OS (J B) 15 February 1979
Note (4 March 2015 - 31 May 2016)
This small fortification is situated on a rocky hillock and comprises a small enclosure on the summit with outer defences blocking the easier lines of approach from the W and SE. The enclosure on the summit measures no more than 26m from ENE to WSW and from 7m to 9m transversely (0.02ha) within a wall reduced to a stony scarp in which occasional outer facing-stones can be seen. The position of the entrance is uncertain, though a shallow depression extends across the scarp on the W. The outer defence at this end is reduced to a few outer facing-stones and a scatter of rubble and lies 18m beyond the inner wall, while the outer defence on the SE blocks access up the crags on this flank.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2870
