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Eilean Na Nighinn
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Eilean Na Nighinn
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 22561
Site Number NM70SE 10
NGR NM 7966 0248
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Craignish
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM70SE 10 7966 0248.
(NM 7967 0248) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A dun.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
Situated on the tidal islet Eilean na Nighinn are the remains of a dun. It is sub-circular on plan and measures 15.8m NE-SW x 17.6m transversely over walls 2 to 3.0m thick and 1.0m high in places. The entrance, obscured by tumble, is on the SW and there is a possible annex attached to the NE which utilises a natural terrace.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 May 1970.
Field Visit (June 1983)
A small severely robbed dun occupies the highest part of Eilean na Nighinn, an islet in Loch Craignish between Eilean Mhic Chrion and Eilean Dubh, 600m ESE of Duine (Campbell and Sandeman 1964). The dun measures about 15m by 11.5m within a wall some 3m in thickness, which is tolerably well preserved on the E, where several short stretches and individual stones of the outer face survive in position, at one point filling a transverse cleft to a depth of 0.8m in four courses. On the W half, however, the wall has been more severely disturbed, although, in addition to a number of outer facing-stones, two adjacent stones of the inner face can still be seen. At the entrance, which is situated on the SW, practically the entire N passage-wall can be traced.
The two enclosures or shelters, which have been built in the interior of the dun against the E wall, are of recent date, as are the short stretches of walling on the flanks below.
Visited June 1983
RCAHMS 1988.
Measured Survey (8 June 1983)
RCAHMS surveyed Eilean na Nighinn dun on 08 June 1983 with plane-table and alidade producing a plan at a scale of 1:100. The plan of the dun was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1988a, 194).
