<< Text Pages >> Dun Urgadul - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Mull
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dun UrgadulCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.932 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Mull Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Map Ref: NM49475527
Latitude: 56.622075N Longitude: 6.085654W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Stone Fort or Dun in Isle of Mull
On the W end of a prominent rocky ridge situated 800m W of Tobermory, and about 100m N of the road to Glengorm, there is a pear-shaped dun measuring 13m by 11m within a wall 3.7m thick. The N and S sides and the W end of the ridge are steeply inclined, rising up to 12m in height on the SW, but from the SE there is an easy approach up a gentle slope. The wall now appears as a grass-grown bank of debris standing up to 0.8m in height internally and 2.1m externally, in which stretches of both inner and outer facing-stones are visible as shown on the plan. For added stability the wall has been built in two thickness on the WNW, an interior revetment being exposed for a length of 4.3m. the entrance faces E and is about 0.9m wide.
To protect the vulnerable SE side of the dun, an outer wall has been drawn almost straight across the ridge from NNE to SSW. Originally this outwork must have been a massive structure, but it is now reduced to a low boulder-strewn scarp, at the SSW end of which a number of large outer facing-stones can be seen. There is no trace of an inner face and the position of the entrance is uncertain.
Source: Canmore
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