<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Mac Sniachan - Vitrified Fort in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dun Mac Sniachan Alternative Name: Dun Mac Uisneachain, Dun Macsnoichan, Beregonium, Dun UisnachCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Vitrified Fort
Nearest Town: Oban
Map Ref: NM90323822
Latitude: 56.489238N Longitude: 5.407417W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The ancient Beregoiium, Benderloch, north of Oban.
With an impressive list of alternative names: Dun Mac Uisneachan; Dunmacsniachan; Dun Macuisneachan; Benderloch & Ardmucknish Bay, this hillfort is recorded as Canmore ID 23234, an extract of which reads: "The dun is situated at the lower end of the ridge, in the NE, and measures about 18.3 by 15.2 metres within a wall about 3 metres thick. This wall survives as a grass-grown bank of stony debris. The removal of some of the debris on the east side revealed a vitrified mass of core material of the wall of the original fort. On the SW of the dun are the remains of two protecting outer walls running transversely across the ridge at distances of 9 and 18 metres respectively from the wall of the dun. Each of these outer walls has a centrally placed entrance, though no corresponding gap in the actual wall of the dun is visible, and the position it would occupy if in line with the other two is now blocked by four large earthfast stones. On the SE flank of the ridge, 6 metres outside the wall of the earlier fort, there is a cavity in the rock 1.3 metres square, and normally filled with water fed through a crack in the rock above. This cavity was originally a natural feature but was enlarged and deepened to provide a well."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this fort - see their entry for Dun Mac Sniachan, Benderloch, Argyll which includes a brief archaeology & history and some drawings and views of the fort dating from 1885.
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