Bagh Gortan Feamainn
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bagh Gortan Feamainn
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 40454
Site Number NS07NW 15
NGR NS 0255 7553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inverchaolain
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NS07NW 15 0255 7553
On the hillside N of Ardentraive Farm a circular stone foundation, internally 12m diameter, stands on a natural terrace surrounded by a group of 30 recessed platforms and stances (NS07NW 16).
The circular foundation is probably of a cavity walled round house as the walls are about 2m thick and appear to be double. There is an entrance 1m wide to the S and opposing it to the N the possibility of a second one.
E B Rennie 1987.
Measured Survey (30 April 1987)
RCAHMS surveyed dun on 30 April 1987 with plane-table and alidade producing a plan at a scale of 1:100. The plan of the dun was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1988a, 198).
Field Visit (May 1987)
Situated on a level terrace overlooking Bagh Gortan Feamainn and the Kyles of Bute, there is a small enclosure measuring about 10m by 9m within a wall some 2m thick. The entrance, one side-slab of which remains in position, is in the SE quadrant.
RCAHMS 1988, visited May 1987.
