<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Mhuirageul - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Argyll
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dun MhuirageulCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Taynuilt
Map Ref: NN01323008
Latitude: 56.420994N Longitude: 5.222879W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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SolarMegalith visited on 4th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
This small dun occupies a heavily overgrown rocky knoll south of Taynuilt. The walls are built of particularly large and mostly moss-covered stones. There are two gaps in the wall, one of them probably constitutes an entrance.
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