Cnoc Na Sroine Wood
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc Na Sroine Wood
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12976
Site Number NH57SE 8
NGR NH 5830 7477
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Alness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH57SE 8 5830 7477.
(NH 5830 7477) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., (1907)
The remains of a cairn about 100 yds in circumference standing on a prominent knoll. An old sheepfold stands in the centre.
Name Book 1874.
On the highest of the hillocks to the E of Strone are the ruins of a hill fort or broch.
W J Watson 1904.
The scant remains of a dun, about 21.0m in overall diameter, surviving as a circular rickle of stones ploughed through by the Forestry Commission in the N. Intermittent outer wall facing stones are evident around the S arc, and at one point in the SE, the outer wall face up to two courses high is visible for a length of about 1.5m. The entrance is not apparent and the wall thickness cannot be ascertained although the width of tumble in the S suggests it was in the order of about 3.0m. A ruinous sheep fold, 10.5m in diameter is built almost centrally within the dun, and recent buildings occupy its E arc.
Visited by OS (A A) 20 November 1963.
Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1970)
The remains of this dun are as described by the previous field investigator.
Revised at 1:10,000
Visited by OS (J B) 19 November 1976.
