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Latitude: 57.1207 / 57°7'14"N
Longitude: -5.8348 / 5°50'5"W
OS Eastings: 167959
OS Northings: 809830
OS Grid: NG679098
Mapcode National: GBR C9ZX.24H
Mapcode Global: WGZ9S.B9R2
Entry Name: Knock,dun 1200m NE of
Scheduled Date: 31 July 1934
Last Amended: 23 February 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM922
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun; Secular: shieling
Location: Sleat
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
This monument is a dun, a later prehistoric defensive building, located on a rock knoll.
The pear-shaped summit of the knoll has been defended by a massive wall of drystone build, which appears to have been about 3m wide and can be traced around the whole summit, although at the W it has almost disappeared. At its E it is preserved to a maximum height of almost 1m. The SW section of the dun is slightly higher than the NE and has been cut off by a curved wall. The slopes of the eminence are very steep, except to the S at which point a path approaches the dun. A small shieling is located to the SW of the dun. There are traces of possible outworks to the N and S of the dun on the hill slopes.
The area to be scheduled measures 130m NE-SW by 50m, to include the dun, the shieling and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the dun may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric domestic life and defensive architecture. Although no visible traces of occupation survive inside the dun excavation of comparable sites suggests that archaeological deposits will survive within the interior.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NG 60 NE 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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