Monument record MHG7450 - Dunan Diarmid
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 9394 2071 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG92SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KINTAIL |
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Full Description
NG92SW 1 9395 2071.
(NG 9395 2071) Dunan Diarmaid (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A dun consisting of an oval wall spread in ruin to a thickness of about 15'. The interior measures about 55' x 25', and the entrance may have been in the S. The 'Diarmaid' of the name, and of the nearby 'Diarmaid's Grave' (NG92SW 2) is the Fingalian hero.
R W Feachem 1963; L Bogle 1895.
Dunan Diarmid (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
Dunan Diarmid, the remains of a dun occupying the level summit of an isolated rocky knoll.
Oval on plan, the dun measures 24.5m E-W by 16.0m N-S within a wall c. 2.5m thick, reduced to a stony scarp with a few stones of the outer face visible intermittently around the W half. A deep hollow at the modern S approach probably denotes the mutilated entrance. In the interior in the NE, is a modern enclosure, 6.0m E-W by 7.0m N-S within a wall 0.8m thick.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (Visited by OS (R L) 22 September 1966.
Visited by OS (A A) 13 June 1974.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1205 Text/Publication/Article: Bogle, L. 1895. 'Notes on some prehistoric structures in Glenelg and Kintail', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 29 1894-5, p.180-90. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 180-90. 188-9; plan, fig. 11.
- --- SHG2187 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 184.
- --- SHG9419 Image/Photograph(s): Dunan Diarmid, Dornie. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG9426 Image/Photograph(s): Dunan Diarmid, Loch Duich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
