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Latitude: 56.085 / 56°5'5"N
Longitude: -6.1767 / 6°10'36"W
OS Eastings: 140259
OS Northings: 695886
OS Grid: NR402958
Mapcode National: GBR CD4M.ML7
Mapcode Global: WGZGN.3B00
Entry Name: Bonveh,dun 510m NW of Riasg Buidhe,Colonsay
Scheduled Date: 14 March 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5953
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Colonsay and Oronsay
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises the remains of a dun which is situated on the summit of an isolated rocky knoll 510m NW of Riasg Buidhe.
Enclosing an area about 6m by 4m, the wall is best preserved on the S side of the stack where, about 1m below the level of the summit, there are several large outer facing-stones. The entrance was probably situated on the E side, where there is a gap in the rubble. Elsewhere the wall is hidden by a secondary rectangular stone building, measuring 5.5m by 3m within walls about 1.5m thick.
The area to be scheduled is circular on plan and measures 40m in diameter, to include the dun and an area around in which associated remains are likely to survive, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is an unusually small dun which has the potential to provide evidence for the nature of later prehistoric architecture and the lifestyle and social structure of its inhabitants.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NR 49 NW 19.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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