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Latitude: 56.6846 / 56°41'4"N
Longitude: -5.8994 / 5°53'57"W
OS Eastings: 161286
OS Northings: 761556
OS Grid: NM612615
Mapcode National: GBR CCT1.NL2
Mapcode Global: WGZCW.C70V
Entry Name: Caisteal Breac, dun, Glenborrodale
Scheduled Date: 30 November 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7799
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Ardnamurchan
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Fort William and Ardnamurchan
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a dun, a fortified settlement of Iron Age date.
The monument lies on a rocky knoll at around 100m OD. It consists of an oval-shaped dun measuring approximately 14m by 11m, defined by a tumbled wall measuring less than 1m high. The wall varies in thickness from about 2m to some 4m, and several stretches of the inner and outer wall faces are visible.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 40m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NM 66 SW 1.
References:
RCAHMS (1980) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona), 98-9, No. 179, Edinburgh.
Wordsworth, J. (1993) SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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