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

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Tuesday, 20 December 2011  Page Views: 2978

Multi-periodSite Name: Dun Fhearchair
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Benbecula Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Map Ref: NF80104890
Latitude: 57.417443N  Longitude: 7.330528W
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
1 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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Dun in Isle of Benbecula

Heavily damaged remains of a dun preserved as a slight mound of 10 m diameter.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NF8049 : Loch na Craoibhe Bige by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2014(licence)
NF7949 : Lochan on Benbecula by Frances Watts
by Frances Watts
©2007(licence)
NF8049 : Croft beyond the loch by Gordon Hatton
by Gordon Hatton
©2019(licence)
NF7949 : Unnamed loch on Benbecula by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2022(licence)
NF8049 : White croft and waterlilies, Loch na Craoibhe Bige by Frances Watts
by Frances Watts
©2007(licence)

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