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Latitude: 56.1068 / 56°6'24"N
Longitude: -6.2008 / 6°12'2"W
OS Eastings: 138908
OS Northings: 698397
OS Grid: NR389983
Mapcode National: GBR CD2K.VZH
Mapcode Global: WGYF9.QRFV
Entry Name: Dun Tealtaig,fort,Colonsay
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5216
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Colonsay and Oronsay
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The fort occupies a rocky promontory, protected by cliffs or steep slopes on all but the SW side. A wall, appearing as a low bank of earth and rubble core material, now encloses only the E and S sides, but may once have extended around the entire promontory. Inside there are two U-shaped enclosures formed by low earth and stone banks, an oval, levelled scoop and a rectangular enclosure possibly representing remains of a house. The scheduled area includes the summit of the promontory, a maximum area some 50m (N-S) by 45m (E-W), as shown in red on the accompanying plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance because of the evidence that it contributes towards an understanding of Iron Age (and possibly later) settlement and domestic and defensive buildings, and because of its potential, through excavation, for enriching this understanding still further. Its significance is also enhanced by its proximity to the fort of Dun Uragaig, with which it is quite probably contemporary.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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