<< Text Pages >> Brae of Achnahaird - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Highlands
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Multi-periodSite Name: Brae of AchnahairdCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.08 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Map Ref: NC01701380
Latitude: 58.068766N Longitude: 5.363689W
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 |
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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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megalithicmatt couldn't find on 1st Jan 2005 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 3 Couldn't see it but I don't think I was trying all that hard.
This dun and its outwork occupy a narrow promontory overlooking the S side of Achnahaird Bay. It is roughly rectangular on plan, measuring about 18m from NE to SW by 5.5m transversely within a wall which, where it crosses the neck of the promontory, measures 3m in thickness by 0.9m in height, elsewhere it is of slighter build (1.5m thick) and only survives on the NW, the remainder probably having fallen into the sea. The entrance, which is indicated by a dip in the line of the wall and what may be a door-check on the NW side of the passage, lies in the centre of the cross wall. In the interior the only feature visible is a wall that appears to have been inserted to reduce the size of the space available for occupation. The roughly D-shaped outwork abuts the main cross wall and was probably entered through a passage opposite the main entrance. Within the interior there is a short arc of bank which may have formed part of a later structure, possibly a hut, inserted into the W angle of the outwork. The only other feature is a stretch of walling springing from the W of the outwork which cuts off access from the beach below.
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