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Bute, Dun Burgidale
Galleried Dun (Iron Age), Military Training Site (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Bute, Dun Burgidale
Classification Galleried Dun (Iron Age), Military Training Site (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Creag Na Buidsich, Birgidale, Burgadale
Canmore ID 40300
Site Number NS06NE 11
NGR NS 06277 66051
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40300
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NE 11 06277 66051.
(NS 0628 6604) Dunburgidale (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
There is a 'circular structure at Port Bannatyne, (NS 07 67) about 60ft in diameter internally, its walls are about 14ft thick and at one side, there is the appearance of a chamber or gallery running round in the centre of the wall.'
J Anderson 1873
This dun, called Dun Burgidale by Feachem, measures 67ft in diameter within a wall varying from 10 to 14ft thick. A 2ft3ins wide passage was exposed in the W side by excavation by the Marquess of Bute in the 19th century. The doorway, 10ft wide externally and 6ft wide on the inside, is in the ESE.
J K Hewison 1893; R W Feachem 1963
Dunburgidale (name not confirmed) is situated on the end of a small spur. It is a sub-circular dun measuring 18.0m E-W by 14.5m transversely within a partially turf-covered stone wall up to 5.5m wide and 3.0m high. The outer face is visible for much of the circumference and consists of a basal course of large grounders and up to two courses of masonry. The entrance in the SE is much mutilated.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 20 October 1976
A circular enclosure measuring about 30ft in diameter within a single stone wall 15ft in thickness, which could have been galleried. There are no traces of outworks. The structure is probably a broch or semi-broch, and it might be possible to determine which of the two by making a detailed plan of the remains.
Information from K A Steer 14 July 1975
This galleried dun is situated on a spur 350m NW of the summit of Creag na Buidsich and commands extensive views over much of the N end of Bute and to the sea beyond. Largely as previously described, it is galleried on the SW, has an entrance on the ESE and in the interior there are three drystone huts.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PJD) 23 April 2009.
Field Visit (1893)
Field Visit (24 May 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 2 December 2014.
Desk Based Assessment (16 December 1963)
There is a 'circular structure at Port Bannatyne, (NS 07 67) about 60ft in diameter internally, its walls are about 14ft thick and at one side, there is the appearance of a chamber or gallery running around the centre of the wall'.
Information from OS (DT) 16 December 1963
Desk Based Assessment (9 September 1971)
This dun, called Dun Burgidale by Feachem, measures 67ft in diameter within a wall varying from 10 to 14ft thick. A 2ft3ins wide passage was exposed in the W side by excavation by the Marquess of Bute in the 19th century. The doorway, 10ft wide externally and 6ft wide on the inside, is in the ESE.
Information from OS (IF) 9 September 1971
J K Hewison 1893; R W Feachem 1963
Field Visit (14 July 1975)
A circular enclosure measuring about 30ft in diameter within a single stone wall 15ft in thickness, which could have been galleried. There are no traces of outworks. The structure is probably a broch or semi-broch, and it might be possible to determine which of the two by making a detailed plan of the remains.
Information from K A Steer 14 July 1975.
Field Visit (20 October 1976)
Dunburgidale (name not confirmed) is situated on the end of a small spur. It is a sub-circular dun measuring 18.0m E-W by 14.5m transversely within a partially turf-covered stone wall up to 5.5m wide and 3.0m high. The outer face is visible for much of the circumference and consists of a basal course of large grounders and up to two courses of masonry. The entrance in the SE is much mutilated.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 20 October 1976
Aerial Photography (1993)
Field Visit (23 April 2009)
This galleried dun is situated on a spur 350m NW of the summit of Creag na Buidsich and commands extensive views over much of the N end of Bute and to the sea beyond. Largely as previously described, it is galleried on the SW, has an entrance on the ESE and in the interior there are three drystone huts.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PJD) 23 April 2009.
Measured Survey (30 September 2010)
RCAHMS surveyed Dun Burgidale, Bute on 30 September 2010 with local volunteers. The survey, undertaken using plane table and self-reducing alidade, produced a plan of the dun at a scale of 1:250.
Excavation ( - 1893)
This dun, called Dun Burgidale by Feachem, measures 67ft in diameter within a wall varying from 10 to 14ft thick. A 2ft3ins wide passage was exposed in the W side by excavation by the Marquess of Bute in the 19th century. The doorway, 10ft wide externally and 6ft wide on the inside, is in the ESE.
J K Hewison 1893; R W Feachem 1963
Photographic Record
