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Killellan
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Killellan
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Killellan Lodge; Killellan House; South Kilellan; Killellen
Canmore ID 38329
Site Number NR61NE 23
NGR NR 6858 1503
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Campbeltown
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR61NE 23 6858 1503
NR 686 148 The remains of an oval dun are situated at a height of 75m OD on the top of a steep-sided conical hill 275m SE of Killellan House. The wall, now represented by a band of debris 3m thick and about 0.2m high, encloses an area measuring 10.5m by 6m. No facing-stones are visible and the position of the entrance cannot be distinguished. An outer work consisting of a rampart and a ditch has been drawn round the dun to afford further protection, but this is now visible only at the E and W ends. The rampart has been almost levelled, while the ditch, about 3m in width, is largely filled up.
There is a rectangular enclosure of no great age on the SW slope of the hill.
RCAHMS 1971.
Located at NR 6858 1503, the dun is as described and planned by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 26 October 1977.
Location on OS map verified ie. 80m ESE of Killellan House.
RCAHMS 1984.
