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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Mor (Torrin)
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: NG57402015
Latitude: 57.207674N Longitude: 6.018834W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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**Dun Mor (Torrin)** submitted by hamilton : When you reach the summit of Dun Mor you are confronted with this poorly constructed walling, created as a cattle fold in recent times, from broken fragments of the original construction blocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broch in Isle of Skye

To the S of the township of Torran, on the summit of a long, elevated, rocky ridge rising from the E side of Loch Slappin, is Dun Mor. It stands about 100ft higher than the loch to the W, and about the same height above a hollow on the E, which cuts it off from the hills behind. The ridge is difficult of access except from the N, at which end is the entrance to the dun. The main axis of the fort runs N and S, along which it measures some 330ft internally, while it is some 120ft in breadth.

It has been defended by a massive stone wall, which far the greater part has been demolished to provide building material for a very large cattle-fold erected within its boundaries. So complete has been the destruction of this wall, that while it can be traced for nearly its entire length, only at the S end, on the SE arc and at the N end is any of the original building in position. A few of the larger foundation stones on the outer face of the wall remain undisturbed at the S end, and a short section of building to the SE has been preserved by being utilized as the foundation of the modern wall at this part. At the N end is a mass of tumbled stones 10ft in breadth and 3ft in height. The entrance is quite obliterated.

Source: Canmore
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NG5720 : View over Loch Slapin to Leac nan Craobh by Hilmar Ilgenfritz — by Hilmar Ilgenfritz
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NG5719 : Promontory on Loch Slapin by Ian Taylor — by Ian Taylor
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NG5720 : Foreshore, Loch Slapin by Ian Taylor — by Ian Taylor
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NG5719 : View over Loch Slapin by Nigel Brown — by Nigel Brown
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NG5720 : Torrin, Skye by Gordon Hatton — by Gordon Hatton
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