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Dun Fhionnairidh
Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2534
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2534 (2534)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Highland
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- Morvern
- National Grid reference
- NM 6149 4689
- Latitude
- 56.55330
- Longitude
- -5.88258
- Altitude
- 50 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
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.05 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1794); Other (1872); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1970); Other (1974); Other (2000)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 7781
- HER
- Highland HER MHG472
- National record
- record NM 64 NW 2; monument 22441
- Wikidata
- Q31098007
Sources
References
- 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
- Stat Acct (date) Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes (Sinclair, J ed), 1791-99