Gigha, Dunan An T-seasgain
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gigha, Dunan An T-seasgain
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38629
Site Number NR65SW 5
NGR NR 6493 5067
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
NR65SW 5 6493 5067
(NR 6494 5067) Dunan an t-Seasgain (Fort) (NR)
OS 6" map, (1924)
On the summit of an isolated rocky knoll, at a height of 45m OD, there is a dun measuring 29m by 18m internally. The site is protected by steep rocky slopes on all sides except the SW, where there is easy access. The wall is now reduced to a band of debris in which stones of both the inner and outer faces can be seen intermittently, indicating a thickness of about 2.7m. The best surviving portion is on the SW, where the turf and debris have been cleared back to reveal a well-built stretch of the outer face standing to a height of 1.2m in five courses, and including one particularly massive block measuring 1.9m in length. The entrance faces WSW and is 0.9m wide. The interior, which is covered in coarse grass, is featureless.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1963.
In the dun interior at the north end is suggestion of an oval footing, approximately 4.0 by 5.0m, abutting the wall. Otherwise no change to RCAHMS report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 20 January 1978.
Note (10 October 2014 - 23 May 2016)
This small fortification, standing on a rocky knoll, encloses 0.04ha within a single wall about 2.7m in thickness; where best preserved, on the SW, the outer face of the wall stands 1.2m high in five courses. The entrance is on the SW.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 23 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2235
