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Dun a' Bhealaich
Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2445
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2445 (2445)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Argyll & Bute
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- North Knapdale
- National Grid reference
- NR 7387 8710
- Latitude
- 56.02334
- Longitude
- -5.63038
- 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
- 0.08 ha
- Footprint
- 0.18 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble and vitrification
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1830); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1869); Other (1957); Earthwork Survey (1959); Other (1963); Other (1973); Other (1977); Earthwork Survey (1982)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 3690
- National record
- record NR 78 NW 4; monument 39099
- Wikidata
- Q31091088
Sources
References
- Campbell and Sandeman, M and M (1962) 'Mid Argyll: an archaeological survey', Proc Soc Antiq Scot 95 (1961-2), 1-125
- Currie, A (1830) A description of the antiquities and scenery of the parish of North Knapdale, Argyleshire, by Archibald Currie, formely Master of the Grammer School of Rothsay, author of ' Principles of Gaelic grammer', &c., Glasgow
- 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