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Eilean Araich Mhoir
Dun (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Eilean Araich Mhoir
Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 39342
Site Number NR86SW 1
NGR NR 8149 6210
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilcalmonell
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR86SW 1 8149 6210.
(NR 8149 6211) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map (1925)
The fragmentary remains of a dun, protected by an outwork, occupy the summit of Eilean Araich Mhoir. It has measured c.20m x 9m internally, but the wall is reduced to a boulder-strewn scarp in which a short stretch of the outer face is visible in the ESE. The entrance was probably on the ENE. The outwork, now also reduced to a stony scarp, encloses the dun on all sides except the SW, where the steep rock-face gives sufficient protection. A 5.5m wide gap in the ENE marks the position of the entrance.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1962
The remains of a dun, generally as described.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (DWR) 4 July 1973
The remains of a dun as planned and described by the RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 14 March 1977
