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<< Other Photo Pages >> Cnoc Na Sroine - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Mull

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 19 October 2010  Page Views: 5532

Multi-periodSite Name: Cnoc Na Sroine
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Mull Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Map Ref: NM55534330
Latitude: 56.517998N  Longitude: 5.97585W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cnoc Na Sroine
Cnoc Na Sroine submitted by Creative Commons : Site in Isle of Mull Scotland The flat summit of Cnoc na Sroine was the site of an Iron Age fort or dun, the remains of which can be seen in the photo. Copyright Eileen Henderson and licensed for reuse under th Creative Commons Licence (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Fort or Dun in Isle of Mull

The conspicuous remains of a dun and what has probably been an outwork occupy the summit of Cnoc na Sroine (130m OD). Oval on plan, the dun measures 28m by 19m within a wall 3m thick. Considerable stretches of both the inner and outer faces can still be seen. The former is best preserved on the S, where it stands 1.6m high in eight courses and exhibits a marked batter; the best surviving portion of the latter occurs on the SW, where it attains a height of 1.1m in six courses. The entrance, situated on the WSW, is about 1.8m wide, and the lowest course of the entire N passage-wall, including a check for a door, can still be seen. The interior contains no traces of buildings.

The natural rocky shelf lying on the SW of the dun is bordered in places by a thin scatter of core material from a dry-stone wall; no facing-stones can be seen in position, but a number of larger blocks, which may originally have served such a purpose, lie dislodged among the debris. Although the relationship between this wall and the main work cannot be demonstrated without excavation, the curious angle that it makes to the SE of the dun strongly suggests that the wall did not enclose the highest point of the dun, and it is therefore more likely to represent the remains of a contemporary outwork.

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Cnoc Na Sroine
Cnoc Na Sroine submitted by Creative Commons : Site in Isle of Mull Scotland View of the Iron Age fort on Cnoc na Sroine from near the path leading from Aros Bridge to Killiechronan, on Mull. The mainland can be seen in the background, across the Sound of Mull Copyright Eileen Henderson and licensed for reuse under th Creative Commons Licence (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NM5543 : Dun on Cnoc na Sroine by Eileen Henderson
by Eileen Henderson
©2007(licence)
NM5543 : Cnoc na Sròine by T  Eyre
by T Eyre
©2020(licence)
NM5543 : Cnoc na Sroine by Eileen Henderson
by Eileen Henderson
©2007(licence)
NM5543 : Track to Killiechronan by Eileen Henderson
by Eileen Henderson
©2007(licence)
NM5642 : Southern slope of Bràigh a' Choire Mhòir by Trevor Littlewood
by Trevor Littlewood
©2018(licence)

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