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<< Text Pages >> Dun Aisgain - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Isle of Mull

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Multi-periodSite Name: Dun Aisgain
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Mull Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Map Ref: NM37744524
Latitude: 56.525801N  Longitude: 6.266136W
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
no data 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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Stone Fort or Dun in Isle of Mull

This remarkably fine example of a galleried dun occupies a conspicuous position on the summit of a low rocky knoll some 600m SSW of Burg farm-house. It is almost exactly circular on plan, measuring 10.4m in diameter within a stone wall which measures 2.3m in average thickness but increases to 2.75m on each side of the entrance. The wall is in an exceptionally good state of preservation, particularly on the NW, where the outer face survives to a height of 2.75m in twelve courses, the lower portion rising vertically for 1.5m and the upper exhibiting an inward batter of 0.3m; in the same sector the inner face stands 1.75m high in eight courses.

Nearly all the circuit of both the inner and outer face can still be traced, and there is no indication that the former either incorporated a scarcement or was interrupted to provide access to the internal gallery, 0.3m wide, that can be seen in the thickness of the wall at several points. The entrance, in the W and partly choked with debris, is 1.1m wide internally and only 0.8m wide at the outer end. However, about half-way along the passage, where it has been checked for a wooden door, the width increases to 1.35m; there are traces of a square bar-hole, 0.15m wide, just inside the rebate in the S passage-wall. Three lintels are still in position over the entrance- passage, while a fourth has been dislodged and lies on top of the debris immediately outside.

Source: Canmore
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NM3745 : Dun Aisgain, Mull by Tom Richardson
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NM3745 : Dun Aisgain, Isle of Mull by Julian Paren
by Julian Paren
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NM3745 : Dun Aisgain, Burg, Mull by Tom Russell
by Tom Russell
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NM3745 : Coastline of Loch Tuath near Dun Aisgain by Julian Paren
by Julian Paren
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NM3745 : Burg by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
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