<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunan Nighean - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Tiree
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunan Nighean Alternative Name: Dun Nan NigheanCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Tiree Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Village: Balephuil
Map Ref: NL95594014
Latitude: 56.454782N Longitude: 6.942883W
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 |
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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 |
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SolarMegalith visited on 6th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Dr John Holliday from the Tiree Museum guided me to the site
An oval-shaped dun of 17 x 12m dimensions is located on a rocky spur in the South-Western part of Tiree. The wall is mostly reduced to a bank of rubble. Sand, stones and midden material are deposited east of the dun, partly revetted with stones which created a causeway leading to the site. The Iron Age material was reported from this deposit.
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