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Latitude: 57.9688 / 57°58'7"N
Longitude: -4.6891 / 4°41'20"W
OS Eastings: 241030
OS Northings: 900891
OS Grid: NC410008
Mapcode National: GBR G7SN.QVT
Mapcode Global: WH29G.YY8X
Entry Name: Langwell,fort and dun 500m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 10 February 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5302
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Kincardine (Highland)
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument consists of a fort and later dun. The fort and dun occupy a prominent knoll. The fort encloses the whole of the knoll and measures c. 120m N-S by 80m. The defences
consist of a stone wall around the top of the knoll, in which traces of vitrification can be seen, and scarping on the lower slopes on all but the W side. The entrance is in the NE side. The dun is circular, 15.5m in diameter, with a vitrified wall 5m thick and up to 2m in height above the interior.
Excavation in the 1970s indicated that the vitrified wall of the dun was originally timber-laced and also provided evidence for a radial set of post holes which probably supported a roof over the dun. The entrance is in the E and was flanked by a guard chamber. The area to be scheduled measures 200m E-W by 130m N-S, to include the whole knoll, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric defensive architecture and domestic settlement. The development of the site, involving a fort which was later replaced by a dun, provides information for a sequence of defensive structures. In addition the dun is one of a very rare group of small timber-laced duns.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NC 40 SW 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland