Jura, Carn Liath
Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Jura, Carn Liath
Classification Dun (Later Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Jura Distillery; Ballard
Canmore ID 38237
Site Number NR56NW 3
NGR NR 5222 6698
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR56NW 3 5222 6698
(NR 5222 6698) Dun
Information from RCAHMS.
On a low knoll is an ill-preserved dun, sub-oval on plan measuring overall 19.5m NE-SW by 14.5m. No wall faces are discernible, and the interior is featureless. The wall is visible as a heather-overgrown band of rubble 0.3m maximum height internally and approximately 2.5 to 3.0m broad; a depression in the NE arc probably indicates an entrance position, this being a likely approach. There is no sign of any outwork.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 2 May 1978.
Field Visit (May 1976)
NR 522 669. What may be the remains of a dun occupy the summit of a small knoll, standing up to 8m above the surrounding ground and situated 400m WSW of Jura Distillery and 250m SW of Ballard. Measuring 15m by 11m within a wall some 2m in average thickness, it has been severely robbed of its stone to provide material for nearby field-walls, and only a low band of rubble survives. There was probably an entrance on the N.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1976
Measured Survey (1976)
Surveyed at 1:400. Published at 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1984, fig. 106D).
