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Dalmor

Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dalmor

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) River Naver; Cnoc Dalveghouse

Canmore ID 6215

Site Number NC75NW 14

NGR NC 7168 5539

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Farr
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC75NW 14 7168 5539

See also NC75NW 22.

(NC 7168 5539) Dun (NR)

OS 6" map, (1964)

This feature previously classified as a broch (Horsburgh 1870) and a dun (OS {JLD}) appears to be a stone-walled enclosure similar to a Kilphedir Hut II type house, apparently defended by a ditch and outer rampart. It is situated on a small knoll on the steep west slopes of Strathnaver, and measures 12.0m NE-SW by 9.0m within a wall spread from 2.5m to 3.0m and attaining a maximum height of 1.5m in the N. The configuration of the entrance in the SE is unlike any other so far encountered in Sutherland. The passage 5.8m long, flanked by intermittent slabs on edge, continues into the enclosure interior rather than ceasing on the regular boulder-lined inner face. The ditch which encircles the S and NW sides is 6.5m to 8.0m wide and attains a maximum depth of 2.2m; the outer rampart is 1.0m high. Both ditch and outer rampart are broken in the W, and the site is protected on the NE side by the natural slope. There is no indication as to whether the enclosure and outworks are contemporary.

The previous classifications of dun and broch seem improbable primarily from the mode of construction of the wall, and its relative insubstantiallity, and may be best classified as a homestead. (For similar ditched features which have a defensive capacity see NC65NE 1, NC64SE 30, NC74NW 20). Clearance heaps with indications of field plots and banks probably contemporary with the enclosure, lie nearby to the E. (See NC75NW 22).

Revised at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (J L D) 3 May 1960 and (J B) 21 December 1960.

J Horsburgh 1870.

Scheduled as 'Dalmor, homestead.'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 27 January 2003.

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