Monument record MHG5178 - Loch Slapin
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5533 1625 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG51NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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Full Description
NG51NE 6 5533 1625.
(NG 5533 1625) Dun (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
On a rocky point on the W shore of Loch Slapin are the remains of a dun of irregular shape measuring internally some 26ft N-S and 23ft E-W. It seems to have been surrounded by a stone rampart, which has been of small dimensions on the S. arc towards the sea but very strong on the N. segment, where it could be easily assailed. The tumbled mass of stone at this part is spread over a width of 27ft and is 9ft in height. The entrance which is slightly to the W of N, is 4ft 6ins wide, and the thickness of the wall at this point seems to have been about 13ft. A small portion of the inner face of the wall is still in position on the NE.
RCAHMS 1928.
This dun is as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 16 June 1961.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 211, No. 654.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
