Monument record MHG12160 - Dunan Beg

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 2512 7324 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC27SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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Full Description

NC27SE 1 2512 7324.

NC 252 732. A possible promontory fort consisting of traces of a wall across the neck of a promontory.
Info contained in letter from T C Welsh, 10 August 1972.

NC 2512 7324. This is not a fort but a narrow promontory, containing no structures, which has been isolated by an early modern hefting dyke across it. The slight wall 11m long and about 1m wide is reduced to a course of rubble 0.3m high. There is no break in the wall. Visited by OS (N K B) 28 April 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1972. 'Cape Wrath, small sites', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1972, p.42. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 42. 42.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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