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Dun Bhlaran
Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Dun Bhlaran
Classification Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Minard
Canmore ID 22990
Site Number NM82SW 4
NGR NM 82652 24160
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 4 8265 2416
(NM 8265 2416) Dun Bhlaran (NR)
OS 1/10,000 map, (1976)
This dun stands on a small rocky knoll at the south end of a ridge. It is circular on plan, measuring about 11 metres in diameter within a wall which has probably been about 3 metres thick. Much of the wall has been robbed to provide material for two adjacent buildings of no great age, but several stretches of outer-facing stones remain in position on the NW. Massive blocks of stone have been used, two of which, on the north, may have flanked the original entrance.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967
As described.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 November 1969
Field Visit (May 1967)
NM 826 241. This dun (Fig. 61, plan) stands at a height of 60 m OD on a small rocky knoll at the S end of a ridge 350 m NE of Minard farm. It is circular on plan, measuring about 11 m in diameter within a wall which has probably been about 3 m in thickness. Much of the wall has been robbed to provide material for two adjacent buildings of no great age, but several stretches of outer facing-stones remain in position on the NW. Massive blocks of stone have been , used, two of which, on the N, may have flanked the original entrance.
RCAHMS 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. 61).
