<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Totaig - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Skye
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dun TotaigCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Map Ref: NG237479
Latitude: 57.437079N Longitude: 6.606W
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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An excavated dun built on the summit of a small rocky ridge near Uiginish. It sits about 9m above the surrounding area and consists of several chambers and a well defined entranceway. The windswept trees behind evidence the exposed nature of the location.
The Highland Council Historic Environment Record describes this ruined dun as: "a mass of tumbled stone, sub-oval in shape measuring externally 89ft NW-SW and 48ft transversely. The thickness of the walling is indeterminate on the NW, but seems to be 18ft at the entrance and to vary from 15-23ft round the S arc, where one course only is traceable for a few yards. The entrance-passage is 4ft 10ins in width and is without checks. About 10ft from the entrance there is a cross-wall, only the ends of which remains projecting from the side walls."
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