<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunan Diarmaid - Hillfort in Scotland in Highlands
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunan DiarmaidCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Inverinate
Map Ref: NG93952071
Latitude: 57.230591N Longitude: 5.415401W
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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A dun overlooking the head of Loch Duich at NG 9395 2071. All that remains are grassy mounds covering the fallen stones of the walls. The dun was oval, some 75 feet by 45 feet; the entrance appears to have been on the south side facing Loch Duich where there is a deep hollow. The remains of a smaller circular enclosure some 18 feet in diameter, possibly modern, are in the interior.
The dun is named after Diarmid, the nephew of Fingal – see the entry on Diarmaid’s Grave, which is on the approaches to the Dun.
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