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Latitude: 57.4703 / 57°28'13"N
Longitude: -4.5739 / 4°34'25"W
OS Eastings: 245737
OS Northings: 845150
OS Grid: NH457451
Mapcode National: GBR H82Z.HMZ
Mapcode Global: WH3F5.QH5J
Entry Name: Dun Mor,fort
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4979
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kilmorack
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument known as Dun Mor is a sub-oval fort of the Iron Age measuring c 22m NNE-SSW by 16m within a tumbled wall between 4.5m and 6.0m wide with outer and inner faces sporadically visible around most of the perimeter. The entrance is in the south east. Within the north side of the interior is a natural platform. Below the fort on the south and east are the remains of two further outer walls. The area to be scheduled measures 100m N-S by 80m E-W to include the fort and the outer defences, and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with their construction and use will survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved example of a prehistoric fort; it is of particular interest because of the existence of additional outer defences on the most accessible sides. It has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement and defensive structures.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 44 NE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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