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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Mor (Torrin) - Broch or Nuraghe in Scotland in Isle of Skye

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 19 October 2010  Page Views: 6077

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Mor (Torrin)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Skye Type: Broch or Nuraghe

Map Ref: NG57402015
Latitude: 57.207674N  Longitude: 6.018834W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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 Mor (Torrin)
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.

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Dun Mor (Torrin)
Dun Mor (Torrin) submitted by hamilton : Viewed from the shore of Loch Slapin, Dun Mor looms ahead as a scrub covered hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Mor (Torrin)
Dun Mor (Torrin) submitted by hamilton : This short stretch at the northwest of the cattle fold shows the only remaining stretch of the original fort wall, standing almost two metres tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Mor (Torrin)
Dun Mor (Torrin) submitted by hamilton : The only extant stretch of the original wall of Dun Mor is found where it has been included in the northwest corner of the cattle fold. This image reveals the thickness of the wall, which stands almost two metres tall here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dun Mor (Torrin)
Dun Mor (Torrin) submitted by hamilton : Outside the cattle fold, at the northern end of Dun Mor, remnants of the foundation course reveal the remains of the original double wall of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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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
©2010(licence)
NG5719 : Promontory on Loch Slapin by Ian Taylor
by Ian Taylor
©2014(licence)
NG5720 : Foreshore, Loch Slapin by Ian Taylor
by Ian Taylor
©2014(licence)
NG5719 : View over Loch Slapin by Nigel Brown
by Nigel Brown
©2008(licence)
NG5720 : Torrin, Skye by Gordon Hatton
by Gordon Hatton
©2006(licence)

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Re: Dun Mor (Torrin) by hamilton on Monday, 29 May 2017
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Dun Mor is a hill fort.
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