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Dun na Doide
Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2284
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2284 (2284)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Argyll & Bute
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- South Knapdale
- National Grid reference
- NR 7047 7688
- Latitude
- 55.93008
- Longitude
- -5.67611
- Altitude
- 20 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.04 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1963); Other (1973); Other (1977); Earthwork Survey (1983)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 3628
- National record
- record NR 77 NW 17; monument 39037
- Wikidata
- Q31090425
Sources
References
- Campbell and Sandeman, M and M (1962) 'Mid Argyll: an archaeological survey', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 95 (1961-2), 1-125
- RCAHMS (1988) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 6: Mid-Argyll and Cowal, prehistoric and early historic monuments. HMSO: Edinburgh