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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Chathach (Connel) Alternative Name: Dun Cathich; AchnacloichCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.773 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Argyll Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Oban Nearest Village: Achnacloich
Map Ref: NM96743401
Latitude: 56.454293N Longitude: 5.300055W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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Hillfort in Argyll
This dun, on the southern shore of Loch Etive, is recorded as Canmore ID 23261, which says: "This dun occupies the summit of a prominent hill. The approach from the SE is over gently undulating terrain but on the NW, the ground falls steeply down to the shore 50 metres below. The dun is circular on plan and measures 18.3 metres in diameter overall. The wall, which has been about 3.4 metres in average thickness is now reduced to a low grass-grown stony bank but considerable stretches of the outer face are still visible in situ. Many of the facing stones, which lie as much as 1.6 metres below the level of the summit, are of massive proportions. Three gaps in the wall are visible, in the NE, E and SW, but it is not certain which of these indicates the site of the original entrance. The interior is occupied by the foundations of a roughly circular enclosure of recent date, which has encroached upon the inner face of the dun wall."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature this site - see their page Dun Chathach, Connel, Argyll, which contains directions for finding the site together with an 1885 drawing, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore: "Legend has it that this was a hill of battles. It was also said by R. Angus Smith (1885) to “have been used as one of a chain of beacons,” with the next fire on being lit upon a small hill nearer Connel called Tom na h-aire, ‘the mound of watching.’"
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