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Latitude: 55.4334 / 55°26'0"N
Longitude: -5.57 / 5°34'12"W
OS Eastings: 174243
OS Northings: 621296
OS Grid: NR742212
Mapcode National: IRL Y3.J7GJ
Mapcode Global: GBR DGMB.X15
Entry Name: Baraskomill,dun 275m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 9 April 1975
Last Amended: 17 February 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3658
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Campbeltown
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: South Kintyre
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument consists of the remains of a dun and is situated on the crest of a hill at a height of 99m OD. The dun appears to have been approximately circular in plan, measuring about 15m in diameter internally. The wall consists of a grass-grown bank of stony debris, standing to a maximum height of 1.2m and spread to a thickness of 6m.
No facing stones remain. Traces of a possible entrance exist to the
W. Outside this entrance to the W of the dun are traces of a
probable rock-cut ditch which protected the fort on its weakest side. The hill top on which the dun is located forms the focus for a number
of later turf-built dykes. The area proposed for scheduling measures
a maximum of 80m E-W by 60m N-S, to cover the dun, the ditch and an
area in which traces of activities associated with the construction
and use of the dun will survive, as shown in red on the attached
plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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