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Latitude: 58.1469 / 58°8'48"N
Longitude: -6.4365 / 6°26'11"W
OS Eastings: 139042
OS Northings: 926146
OS Grid: NB390261
Mapcode National: GBR B7H6.2L5
Mapcode Global: WGY3B.3H8C
Entry Name: Loch an Duna,dun,North Lochs
Scheduled Date: 5 March 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5349
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Lochs
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Sgir'Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument consists of the remains of a small dun, a fortified settlement of Iron Age date, situated on an island.
The island measures approximately 20m N-S by 20m E-W. It is
surrounded by an outer wall which is now much reduced. In the W portion the rampart of the outer face reaches a height of 1m. The remains of two drystone cells are visible immediately within the outer wall in the NW and W portions. The causeway presumably approached from the W where there is a small promontory into the loch.
The area to be scheduled is circular, measuring a maximum of 20m in diameter centred on the dun and enclosing the entire island on which it is situated as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it preserves evidence of, and has the potential to provide further evidence through excavation for, settlement, domestic activity and defensive occupation in the Iron Age and later periods.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NB 32 NE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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