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Roromore
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Roromore
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 24526
Site Number NN64NW 1
NGR NN 6273 4688
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24526
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fortingall
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN64NW 1 6273 4688.
(NN 6272 4690) A well-preserved dun (W J Watson 1913). The wall appears as a considerable grass-grown mound from both faces of which numerous boulders protrude, but it has been robbed to build, amongst other things, a now ruinous rectangular building (within living memory, a school) which occupies part of the interior of the dun. It measures about 50' in diameter, the wall being between 11' and 14' in thickness. The entrance is in the N.
R W Feachem 1963
This is not a dun but a homestead (c/f NN44SE 7). It is situated at NN 6273 4688 at the base of a hill slope adjacent to cultivated haughland on hte S side of the River Lyon. The outer face is visible as a continuous line of boulders in the SW arc; elsewhere only intermittent facing stones are visible giving overall dimensions of 23.0m N-S by 22.0m. The inner face is not clearly defined, being obscured by tumble from the homestead itself, and the ruined building in the interior. A wall thickness of 4.2m was obtained at the entrance in the NE, which is 1.7m wide, and also on the W arc.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 September 1969 and (JB) 9 September 1975.
Field Visit (May 1958)
Dun, Roromore.
This dun is situated upon cultivated ground which lies between the hills forming the S side of Glen Lyon and the right bank of the River Lyon, at a height of 640 feet OD and of about 40 feet above the level of the river which is distant 400 yards to the N. It lies 140 yards SE of the ruin of Milton Roro and 600 yards W of Roromore farmhouse, immediately S of the road between the two, while the burn named Allt a'Chobhair runs N to the river 140 yards to the W. The ruin of the of the dun is represented by a grass-covered rubble mound showing considerable stretches of large boulders which form parts of a single low course of both faces, but much stone has been robbed from the structure to build dykes and walls in the vicinity and the fragmentary ruins of a rectangular secondary building occur within the dun itself. The interior measures 53 feet by 49 feet and the wall from 11 feet to 14 feet in thickness. The entrance is in the N, but no details of it can be seen.
NN 626468
Visited by RCAHMS May 1958
Watching Brief (3 September 2010 - 7 September 2010)
Watching briefs were kept in September 2010 during the excavation of two stretches of a trench for a pipeline serving a new hydro-electric scheme at Roromore on the south side of Glen Lyon. One section of the pipeline passed through the remains of Miltown of Roro, the other through a collection of shieling huts, on the banks of the Allt a' Chobhai some 1km further S. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered at either location.
Information from Oasis (scotiaar1-87245) 26 March 2013
