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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun Toiseach (Kilmartin) Alternative Name: Torran Farm; Loch AweCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Kilmartin Nearest Village: Torran
Map Ref: NM88080475
Latitude: 56.188074N Longitude: 5.416764W
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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Hillfort in Argyll
This dun is recorded as Canmore ID 22771, an extract of which reads: "Situated on a prominent rocky knoll overlooking the S end of Loch Awe 250 m ESE of Torran farmsteading, there is a severely ruined dun measuring about 16m by 13m within a wall which has been some 4m thick. Two stretches of outer facing-stones are visible, as well as a few possible stones of the inner face, but, particularly on the NE, the wall has been severely robbed and the core material scattered. The entrance lies on the NE, the innermost portion of the SE passage-wall and what may be a door-jamb on the opposite side still being visible. The knoll has acted as the focus for recent field-walls, but there is no indication that it was additionally defended by outworks. A small modern cairn surmounts the dun wall on the SE."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for Dun Toiseach, Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll, which contains directions for finding the site together with a brief archaeology & history and a 1988 plan of this "rather ramshackled" dun.
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