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Dun Mac Samhainn
Pit (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Site Name Dun Mac Samhainn
Classification Pit (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 290162
Site Number NM80SW 118
NGR NM 82851 00460
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290162
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmartin
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM80SW 118 82859 00440
NM 82859 00440 Only one room of this structure survives. It is rectangular, measuring 9.7m by 6.6m with walls 0.7m thick and up to 1.5m high.
NM 82865 00468 The structure lies 8m west of the 'pit'. The pit is 3.5m by 2.5m and 1.1m deep with steep sides. It is not natural and may perhaps be a saw pit. The steep sides suggest that it is not a sheep pit.
Sites identified during a field survey carried out by GUARD in 2003.
Heather F James, 2003 (RCAHMS MS 2371, no.40, no.48)
Field Visit (13 March 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
