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Dun Dearduil
Fort (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dun Dearduil
Classification Fort (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) South West Fort
Canmore ID 12569
Site Number NH52SW 4
NGR NH 5263 2387
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12569
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH52SW 4 5263 2387
Not to be confused with fort at NH 5268 2394, for which see NH52SW 2.
At NH 5263 2382, on the W shoulder of a cliff-girt ridge named Dun Dearduil, and about 80.0m from the fort occupying the summit of the ridge (see NH52SW 2) is another fort, described by Wallace (T Wallace 1910) as a circular enclosure of stones. It measures overall 31.5m NE-SW by 26.0m transversely, with the outer face of unhewn blocks visible for almost the whole of the periphery, surviving to two courses and a maximum height of 0.9m. Little remains of the wall core suggesting robbing, but within the fort in the S arc are three stones in line, which may be inner facing stones, suggesting a wall thickness of 4.7m. No entrance can be seen, and the interior is featureless.
Surveyed at 1/10,000
Enlargement at 1/1250.
Visited by OS (N K B) 10 April 1970
(NH 5263 2387) Fort (NR) (siting symbol)
OS 1/10,000 map, (1972)
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS 19 January 1979
Note (6 March 2015 - 31 May 2016)
The local SW summit on this rocky ridge, 80m SW from the fort on the very summit (Atlas No. 2881), is also occupied by a small fortification, but in this case its wall has been very heavily robbed. Oval on plan, its interior measures about 25m from NE to SW by 20m transversely (0.04ha). The line of the outer face of the wall can be followed round the whole circuit, standing up to 0.9m high in two courses, and though there is little trace of the wall core, if three stones in a line on the S belong to the inner face, it was originally 4.7m thick. The Scheduling document also suggests there are traces of denuded outworks extending across the SW flank of the hill, though their extent is not recorded in plan and they are not visible on aerial photographs. The interior is featureless and no entrance is visible.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2882
