<< Text Pages >> Dun Domhnuill - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Colonsay
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dun Domhnuill Alternative Name: Oronsay HouseCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.346 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Colonsay Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Map Ref: NR35418902
Latitude: 56.020807N Longitude: 6.247608W
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 |
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Stone Fort or Dun in Isle of Colonsay
This fort is situated 450m ENE of Oronsay House on the top of a rocky ridge which forms part of the E flank of Beinn Oronsay. On the N and E it is separated from the rest of the hill by steep-sided gullies and on the s it is protected by precipitous crags up to 30m high.
The fort measures 69m from E to W by 74m transversely over a wall up to 3.5m in thickness. No trace of the wall survives on the SW, and elsewhere it has been reduced to a low mound with a few stretches of the outer face still in position. Much of the w half of the interior is composed of bare rock, but the E half of the interior is level and grass covered. On the NNE there are the foundations of two oval huts which have been built over the collapsed fort wall (see also Dun Eibhinn and Dun Meadhonach on Colonsay), and to the W of them a basin (b on RCAHMS plan) measuring 0.6m by 0.5m and 0.3m in depth has been carved in a rock outcrop.
A number of potsherds and a bone bobbin from the fort are preserved in the Hunterian Museum
Source: RCAHMS
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