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Dun Ban, Doune

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2723

Location

Atlas number
SC2723 (2723)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Glenelg
National Grid reference
NG 7011 0362
Latitude
57.06614
Longitude
-5.79377
Altitude
25 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.25 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and vitrification

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1873); Other (1970)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG5331
National record
record NG 70 SW 1; monument 11624
Wikidata
Q31098694

Sources

References

  1. Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/