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Tom A' Chaisteil
Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Tom A' Chaisteil
Classification Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Tom A' Chaisteal
Canmore ID 23678
Site Number NN12SW 1
NGR NN 13947 24767
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23678
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN12SW 1 1394 2476.
(NN 1394 2476) Tom a' Chaisteil (NAT), Dun (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1977)
A fairly well preserved dun occupies the summit of a rocky knoll on the left bank of Teatle Water. Although surrounded by rock-strewn slopes of moderate steepness, the site is not one of great natural strength, but it commands extensive views in all directions.
The dun is almost circular on plan and measures 11 metres in diameter within a wall 2.3 to 2.9 metres in thickness. The wall has suffered from stone-robbing but the lowest courses of nearly the whole circuit of the outer face are visible as well as several stretches of inner facing stones. The entrance, situated in the ESE, is 1.3 metres wide.
RCAHMS 1975, visited 1970.
The condition of the dun is similar to the reports given by OS field surveyors who visited it some time prior to the visit by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.
Visited by OS (E G) 19 April 1962 and (R D) 4 November 1969.
Field Visit (May 1970)
NN 139 247. This comparatively well-preserved dun (Fig. 78, plan) occupies the summit of a rocky knoll on the left bank of the Teatle Water about 930 m W of Blarchaorain farmhouse. Although surrounded by rock-strewn slopes of moderate steepness, the site is not one of great natural strength, and it would appear rather to have been chosen for the extensive view that it commands in all directions. Almost circular on plan, the dun measures 11m in diameter within a wall 2'3 m to 2'9 m in thickness. The wall has suffered from stone-robbing, but the lowest courses of nearly the whole circuit of the outer face are visible, as well as several stretches of inner facing-stones. The entrance, situated on the ESE, is 1'3 m wide.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.
Measured Survey (1970)
Surveyed with alidade and plane-table at 1mm:1ft. Redrawn in ink and published at the reduced scale of 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1975, fig. 78).
