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Latitude: 55.8141 / 55°48'50"N
Longitude: -5.9541 / 5°57'14"W
OS Eastings: 152372
OS Northings: 664948
OS Grid: NR523649
Mapcode National: GBR CFPB.TRN
Mapcode Global: WGZJ3.H4Y5
Entry Name: Dunan an Roail,fort,Jura
Scheduled Date: 17 November 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6250
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Jura
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a small fort which is situated on a steep-sided rocky hillock overlooking Traigh Bhan Bheag.
The fort is sub-oval in plan and measures 25m from NE to SW by 17m; the remains are slight and the entrance is no longer visible (but the only reasonable approach is from the SW). A four-metre length of base course is visible on the NW quarter, but otherwise the wall is only apparent as sparse rubble.
The area to be scheduled is oval on plan and measures 50m from SW to NE by 40m transversely, to include the fort and an area around in which associated remains may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because, despite its appearance, it has the potential to provide information about later prehistoric architecture, economy and society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NR56SW 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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