Clachadow
Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Clachadow
Classification Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 23189
Site Number NM92NW 16
NGR NM 94410 27708
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM92NW 16 9441 2771.
(NM 9441 2771) Dun (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The fragmentary remains of an oval dun occupy the summit of a knoll which projects from the lower south slopes of Deagh Choimhead. The dun measures 11.6 metres from east to west by 8.5 metres transversely within a heavily robbed stone wall which is now reduced to a ragged stony bank 3 metres in average thickness and not more than 0.3 metres in height. Scattered across the steep slope beneath the dun on the west are a number of massive stone blocks, doubtless from the outer face of the wall on that side. The position of the entrance is not now apparent but access would have been easiest across a fairly broad col on the north.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (R D) 2 October 1969.
Field Visit (May 1969)
NN 943 277. The fragmentary remains of an oval dun occupy the summit of a knoll which projects from the lower S slopes of Deagh Choimhead some 500 m NW of the ruined farmhouse of Clachadow. The dun measures 11.6 m from E to W by 8.5 m transversely within a heavily-robbed stone wall, which now appears as a ragged stony bank only 3 m in average thickness and not more than 0'3 m in height. A number of massive blocks, scattered across the steep slope beneath the dun on the W and doubtless deriving from the outer face of the wall on that side, testify to its former strength. Although the position of the entrance is not apparent, access would have been easiest across a fairly broad col on the N.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
