Tiree, Cnoc Charrastaoin
Dun (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Tiree, Cnoc Charrastaoin
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 21448
Site Number NL94NW 4
NGR NL 9422 4710
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NL94NW 4 9422 4710.
(Area NL 942 470) A dun has stood upon Cnoc Charrastaoin, a rocky hillock, upon the west of whose summit 12 yds of a semi-circular wall of quite small stones could be traced.
Several flints and two fragments of pottery were found on the surface.
E Beveridge 1903.
At approx NL 9422 4710, on the rocky summit of Cnoc Charrastaoin, is a slight turf-covered bank 1.5m wide composed of small stones. To the N are three boulders which may represent a wall face thus giving an overall diameter of 9.0m.
No other artificial work is visible and there is insufficient evidence to be certain that these are the remains of a dun.
Visited by OS (J P) 21 June 1972
