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<< Text Pages >> Dun Aonais - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Benbecula

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Multi-periodSite Name: Dun Aonais
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.344 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Benbecula Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Map Ref: NF79685125
Latitude: 57.438165N  Longitude: 7.340559W
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
5

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Ruins of an Iron Age dun consisting of two rectilinear structures of 24 x 12.5 and 19 x 11 m dimensions. Remains of the causeway are stil visible at low tide.

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NF7951 : Loch Olabhat by Rupert Fleetingly
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NF8051 : View South-westerly from the War Memorial by Barbara Carr
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NF8051 : Lochs and Moorland by Rupert Fleetingly
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NF8051 : View down Loch na Faoilinn by Barbara Carr
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NF8051 : Church Griminis by Tom Richardson
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