Strath Fleet
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Strath Fleet
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5414
Site Number NC60NE 11
NGR NC 6557 0513
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5414
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (28 October 1980)
NC60NE 11 6557 0512.
At NC 6557 0512, on a slight knoll high up on the NE side of Strath Fleet, is a dun. A steep, rocky slope flanks the S side, and the position commands a full view across the glen. There is no outwork.
The dun, sub-oval on plan, measures 11.5m E-W by 8.5m internally; the entrance position is marked by a depression in the SE arc, but no details are discernible. Much of the dun wall is reduced to turf-covered rubble. However, intermittent outer facing stones are visible in situ, and in the W arc an inner face, up to four courses (1.0m) high, provides the best preserved section of the dun. The wall varies in thickness from 4.7m in the W to about 3.0m in the N and S, increasing to an estimated 3.5m to 4.0m in the E.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 October 1980.
Field Visit (22 March 1995)
This dun occupies the summit of a grass and heather covered knoll 85m above the floor of Strathfleet, of which the site provides an extensive view. On the NE the knoll is overlooked by higher ground, from which it is separated by a shallow gully, but on the other sides the ground falls towards the floor of the strath, with particularly steep slopes on the W and S. The dun measures 10m from WNW to ESE by 8m transversely within a wall up to 4.7m in thickness. The outer face stands 1.2m high on the N but may have been considerably higher as on the W the core reaches 2m above the level of the ground outside; the inner face is best preserved on the W, where it reaches a height of 1m. The entrance is in the ESE side, at the S corner. Around the NW and NE sides of the dun, about 5m in front of the outer wall-face there is an outwork comprising a rough stony bank linking outcropping rocks; this fades out as it turns towards the SE side of the dun, where there is an oval platform immediately below the dun wall, possibly the site of an enclosure.
(ROG95 227)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 22 March 1995
Measured Survey (18 May 1995)
RCAHMS surveyed the dun at Strath Fleet on 18 May 1995 at a scale of 1:250. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink at a scale of 1:500.
