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Latitude: 57.714 / 57°42'50"N
Longitude: -5.6906 / 5°41'26"W
OS Eastings: 180273
OS Northings: 875343
OS Grid: NG802753
Mapcode National: GBR D8BB.G77
Mapcode Global: WH082.KCDQ
Entry Name: An Dun,fort
Scheduled Date: 24 October 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6234
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Gairloch
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Traditional County: Ross-shire
This monument consists of a small fort on a coastal promontory.
The fort measures 20m N-S by 14m E-W and consists of the grass-grown remains of a wall, which is best preserved on the SE side where it survives to about 1.5m above the interior of the fort; elsewhere the wall survives to no more than about 0.6m in height and in places it appears to have slipped down the cliff face. The interior of the fort appears to be fairly flat and is grass-covered. On the S there are traces of an entrance formed by a gap in the wall; vitrified stone has been recorded in the past from either side of the entrance. Outside the entrance is a causeway which is defined by a natural gully on the E - the gully to the W has probably been deepened by excavation to strengthen the fort's defences.
The area to be scheduled measures 100m NNW-SSE by 60m E-W, to include the fort and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the fort may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric defensive architecture and domestic life.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NG 87 NW 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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