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Latitude: 56.723 / 56°43'22"N
Longitude: -3.8976 / 3°53'51"W
OS Eastings: 283973
OS Northings: 760649
OS Grid: NN839606
Mapcode National: GBR JBRY.FCS
Mapcode Global: WH4LB.388W
Entry Name: Borenich, dun 600m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 10 December 1964
Last Amended: 25 August 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2486
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Blair Atholl
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a dun, or homestead, of later prehistoric date. It is being re-scheduled to clarify the extent of the protected area.
The monument lies in rough pasture at around 310m OD, set into a SW-facing slope. It comprises a circular stone-walled dun or homestead measuring about 22m in overall diameter. The walls are spread to a thickness of at least 5m; the outer wall face can be seen intermittently, and the inner face survives to a maximum height of about 1.5m. The entrance is on the SE and is about 1.2m wide, with two opposed door jambs comprising slabs on edge about 1.3m down the passage. Later field walls adjoin the structure on its NW, NE, and SW sides.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 55m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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