<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunagoil hillfort - Vitrified Fort in Scotland in Isle of Bute
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunagoil hillfortCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Vitrified Fort
Map Ref: NS0847953127
Latitude: 55.733563N Longitude: 5.051885W
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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SumDoood visited on 14th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Much of its ambience comes from the Arran backdrop, but it's an intriguing site, including the near surroundings, and about all of which I'm sure there is much more to be learnt.
The vitrifaction is best seen at the north-west corner of the fort where a small part of the wall still stands and a length of the outer face visible. Elsewhere it has tumbled down, masses of vitrified rock being found on the slope.
It measures 90m by 22mOn the south side a 240 cm wide gap in the wall, half-way along, may have been an entrance. The fort was probably occupied for 300 years, from 200 BC to 100 AD
A great many artifacts including polished stone axe heads, ring-headed pins of bronze and iron, an Early Iron Age brooch, glass and lignite bracelets, coarse pottery, a Late Bronze Age stone mould, crucibles and spindle whorls have been found during excavations and are now in Rothesay Museum.
Text summarised from Canmore site 40291 and other sources.
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