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Mull, Dun Breac, Ardvergnish

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2530

Location

Atlas number
SC2530 (2530)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
National Grid reference
NM 5377 3005
Latitude
56.39839
Longitude
-5.99196
Altitude
95 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
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

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); Other (1933); Other (1934); Other (1942); Other (1972); Earthwork Survey (1973)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 637
National record
record NM 53 SW 1; monument 22254
Wikidata
Q31094125

Sources

References

  1. 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