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Dunan Molach
Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Dunan Molach
Classification Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Ardoran
Canmore ID 22970
Site Number NM82SW 14
NGR NM 84525 24163
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM82SW 14 8452 2416.
(NM 8452 2416) Dunan Molach (NAT) Dun (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
On the summit of a whale-backed ridge, SE of Ardoran farmhouse, are the remains of a sub-circular dun, measuring internally about 11.6 by 9.1 metres. The wall has been reduced to a grass-grown stony bank 3.5 metres in average thickness and not more than 0.3 metres in height. No inner facing stones can be seen, but three isolated, outer facing stones are visible.
The entrance, which probably measured about 1.5 metres in width, faces east and at least one of the stones defining the NE side of the passage is still visible in position.
The interior is featureless.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967.
As described. It is noticeable that the dun sits on the very top of the hill with a large space of level ground to NE and SW. There are no signs of any outworks at these points, however.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 10 September 1971.
Field Visit (May 1967)
NM 845 241. On the summit of a whale-backed ridge, 115 m SE of Lower Ardoran farmhouse, there are the remains of a sub-circular dun (Fig. 58, plan) measuring internally about 11·6 m by 9' 1 m. The wall has been reduced by stone-robbing to a grass-grown stony bank 3' 5 m in average thickness and not more than 0'3 m in height, in which only three isolated outer facing stones are visible. The entrance, which probably measured about 1.5 m in width, faces SE, and at least one of the stones defining the NE side of the passage is still in position. The interior is featureless.
RCAHM 1975, visited May 1967.
Measured Survey (1967)
Surveyed with alidade and plane-table at 1mm:1ft. Redrawn in ink and published at the reduced scale of 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1975, fig. 58).
