Monument record MHG2618 - Dun, Struy Beag

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 3966 3923 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH33NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILMORACK
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Full Description

Dun Struy Beag (NR)
OS 25"map, (1968)

Noted as a dun by Wallace.
T Wallace 1886, 1921

Occupying the summit of a rocky crag shelving steeply to the SE, is a dun, still known locally as Dun Struy Beag. It is sub-oval on plan, measuring about 11.0m by 7.0m transversely, within a reduced, turf-covered wall spread to about 3.0m. Occasional outer facing stones are visible in the E and NE areas. A depression in the wall in the NE arc is probably an entrance. At the base of the crag on the NW side are considerable amounts of tumble, indicating that the dun was originally a substantial structure.
A natural depression around the N and W arcs of the crag has been scarped to form an outer defence. At the N end, where it terminates on the steep E slopes, a slight counterscarp is apparent.
See 1/1250 enlargement.
Surveyed at 1/2500 (Visited by OS (R D) 20 July 1965)
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 October 1970

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Wallace, T. 1886. Notes on ancient remains in the Beauly Valley, Inverness-shire. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 20. 340-55. 343-4.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Wallace, T. 1921. 'Archaeological notes', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club, Vol. 8 1912-18, p.87-136. 123; plan 128.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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