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Latitude: 56.1247 / 56°7'28"N
Longitude: -5.5175 / 5°31'2"W
OS Eastings: 181473
OS Northings: 698015
OS Grid: NR814980
Mapcode National: GBR DDRJ.HGM
Mapcode Global: WH0HX.6BW2
Entry Name: Barr a Chuirn,fort 430m ENE of
Scheduled Date: 31 December 1973
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3360
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kilmartin
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll
Traditional County: Argyllshire
1805 incorporating earlier house. 2-storey and basement
5-window front with single storey wing (now raised to
2-storey) rusticated and keyblocked doorpiece, centre attic
pediment with round headed window; ball-topped area piers;
concave front to Union Street with pediment and columned
centre tripartites; double bow front at back. Fine
entrance hall with reeded columns leading to 2-storey
galleried hall with apsed ends, ground floor interior work
of very high quality marred by removal of chimney pieces.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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