Bellochantuy
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bellochantuy
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38475
Site Number NR63SE 18
NGR NR 6644 3239
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR63SE 18 6644 3239.
(NR 6645 3239) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map (1924)
The remains of an almost circular dun, measuring about 18m in diameter within a wall some 3.7m thick, are situated on the edge of the cliff that overlooks the Bellochantuy machair from a height of 45m OD. Except on the S where the entrance was presumably situated, the wall now appears as a band of debris in which several stones of the outer face and a single stone of the inner face are visible in situ. Many of these facing stones are massive boulders which measure up to 1.0m in both height and breadth and 0.6m in thickness. The interior of the dun is featureless.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1960
A dun as described and planned by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 21 December 1977
