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Mull, Dun Ara

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2514

Mull, Dun Ara is a contour fort in Kilninian And Kilmore, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Dunara and Dun Ara Castle.

It is recorded as extant, with an enclosed area of 0.04 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a knoll or outcrop and at 15 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture, heather moorland, and coastal grassland.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (10679).

Location

Atlas number
SC2514 (2514)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Kilninian And Kilmore
National Grid reference
NM 4271 5771
Latitude
56.64034
Longitude
-6.19803
Altitude
15 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.04 ha

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, heather moorland, and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1877); Other (1934); Other (1942); Other (1959); Other (1960); Other (1964); Other (1972); Earthwork Survey (1973); Other (2003)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
10679
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 544
National record
record NM 45 NW 1; monument 22069
Wikidata
Q31095145

Sources

References

  1. Fairhurst, H (1960) 'Dunara', Disc Exc Scot 1960, 22
  2. Millar and Kirkhope, H B and J (1964j) 'Dunara'. Disc Exc Scot 1964, 10-11
  3. RCAHMS (1980) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). HMSO: Edinburgh