<< Our Photo Pages >> Hill of Dun - Hillfort in Scotland in West Dunbartonshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hill of DunCountry: Scotland County: West Dunbartonshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dumbarton Nearest Village: Bowling
Map Ref: NS44807439
Latitude: 55.937433N Longitude: 4.486243W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
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Hillfort in West Dunbartonshire
Hill of Dun used to have a large HillFort at the summit, and a Dun about halfway down the Southern slope.
Situated on a Volcanic slope of the Kilpatrick Hills, 200m above sea level, this is the most easterly of 5 hillForts in a 9km span down the north bank of the River Clyde. The other 4, from east to west are ; Sheep Hill, Dumbowie, Dumbarton and Carman
A 1955 RCAHMS report mentions that the last vestiges of the once presumably sizeable defences were detectable, but that was over 6 decades ago.
Now no remains of the hillfort are visible. No full investigation of the two sites have ever been carried out on the Hill of Dun, but it may reveal more clues in the future if it is ever given a proper excavation. The report describes a Fort defended by four ramparts that occupied the flat, broad summit of the Hill of Dun, Measuring about 200m x 150m, approx 2ha
100m lower down the hillside, the same 1955 RCAHMS report records the remains of a small Dun. Surrounding a natural rectangular hollow between two ridges of vertical strata, at an elevation of 120m above sea level, it is aligned roughly E-W, and the interior measures 18m x 7m, within walls 3m to 4m thick.
250m away from the Dun, a sandstone boulder with 3 Cup Marks was noted by "J.Bruce" in 1893, the location of which was about 100 yds north of Dunerbuck farmhouse. Later visits could not locate find boulder.
For more information see : The HillFort (Canmore ID 43329), The Dun (Canmore ID 43379) & the Cup Marked Boulder (Canmore ID 43340).
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