Monument record MHG5205 - Dun Hollan
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4333 7322 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG47SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR |
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Full Description
NG47SW 4 4333 7322.
(NG 4333 7322) On a slight rock eminence rising some 70ft from the left bank of the Kilmaluag River, and about 10ft above the rising ground to the W, at an elevation of 200ft OD, are the fragmentary remains of Dun Hollan. Oval on plan, the longer axis running NNW-SSE, it measures internally 36ft in length and 23ft in breadth. All that remains of the enclosing wall is a mound of stone rising 2ft above the interior.
The entrance is not discernible.
RCAHMS 1928.
Dun Hollan - as described by RCAHM
Visited by OS (C F W) 25 April 1961.
Except for two or three possible outer facing stones on the SE of the knoll there is no trace of Dun Hollan. The knoll is overlaid by later denuded field dykes which RCAHMS appear to have mistaken for the dun wall, rendering their measurements suspect.
Visited by OS (I S S) 16 September 1971.
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. . 175, No. 549.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
