Gigha, Gallochoille Cottage
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gigha, Gallochoille Cottage
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38510
Site Number NR64NE 2
NGR NR 6547 4787
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Gigha And Cara
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR64NE 2 6547 4787
(NR 6547 4787). Fort (NR).
OS 6" map, (1924)
On a flat-topped rocky promontory which rises some 5m above the shore, there are the slight remains of a dun measuring about 17m by 12m internally. The wall has completely vanished on the E., and is elsewhere represented only by intermittent stretches of a low stony bank in which a few outer facing-stones can be seen on the N and W. The entrance is, however, still recognisable on the W side, the passage being 1.8m in width. The interior, which is covered with heather and coarse grass, is featureless.
RCAHMS 1971.
The dun is as described and planned by RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J B) 20 November 1978.
