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Dun a' Bhuilg

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2291

Location

Atlas number
SC2291 (2291)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
South Knapdale
National Grid reference
NR 7038 7479
Latitude
55.91130
Longitude
-5.67577
Altitude
45 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Footprint
0.18 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

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 (1869); Other (1942); Earthwork Survey (1959); Other (1963); Other (1973); Other (1977); Earthwork Survey (1983)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 3648
National record
record NR 77 SW 1; monument 39057
Wikidata
Q31090680

Sources

References

  1. Campbell and Sandeman, M and M (1962) 'Mid Argyll: an archaeological survey', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 95 (1961-2), 1-125
  2. 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