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Jura, An Dunan
Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Jura, An Dunan
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 38276
Site Number NR57SE 9
NGR NR 564 711
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38276
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR57SE 9 564 711
(NR 564 711: Fort, An Dunan) The summit of a rock stack, about 40m by 15m, has drystone walling in places on the NW side.
M C Jarvies 1973.
There is insufficient ground evidence to support the supposition of a fort on the summit of An Dunan, an eroded rock stack on a peninsula. The summit is occupied by large expanses of tilted bedrock; amongst it are about ten loose stones protruding through the turf which could conceivably be of a wall but no facing slabs are visible, and it is just as likely that they are eroded from the bedrock. The stack is virtually inaccessible; the only means of approach to the summit is by a steep, tortuous route from the south-west. Many huge boulders as well as smaller stones encircle the base of the stack. If a fort existed here, and the situation is excellent, it has been destroyed by erosion.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 May 1978.
