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Islay, Lagavulin, An Dunan
Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2137
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2137 (2137)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Argyll & Bute
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kildalton And Oa
- National Grid reference
- NR 3919 4687
- Latitude
- 55.64521
- Longitude
- -6.14675
- Altitude
- 70 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Other Forms (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1878); Earthwork Survey (1979); Other (1979); Other (1993)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5733
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 2185
- National record
- record NR 34 NE 8; monument 37582
- Wikidata
- Q31089917
Sources
References
- RCAHMS (1984) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 5: Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay. HMSO: Edinburgh