MHG5348 - Am Baghan Galldair
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- DUN (Iron Age - 550 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG82SW 6 8216 2075.
(NG 8212 2074) Am Baghan (NR) (Remains of Pictish Fort)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
Am Baghan Galldair (Baghan - generic word for earthwork; 'Galldair' place-name) is an almost circular dun situated at 475' OD. A wall 8' thick encloses an area c. 70' in diameter. Two circular foundations in the sector are probably of later date. (R W Feachem 1963)
L Bogle 1895; R W Feachem 1963.
Am Baghan (NAT) Dun (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
"Am Baghan Galldair", a dun with an internal area of 380 sq m, occupying only part of the summit area of the knoll on which it stands. It is sub-circular on plan, and measures 20.5m NW-SW by 22.5m NE-SE within a ruinous wall 2.2m thick. Both faces are visible here and there in the debris. There is only one entrance, in the W. Bogle (L Bogle 1895) is wrong in planning a second entrance in the E. The interior is featureless except for a ruinous cricular pen of late date, built against the inner face in the E. The other circular feature planned by Bogle (L Bogle 1895) is represented by a slight scatter of debris showing no constructional features.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (visited by OS {W D J} 5 October 1966)
Visited by OS (A A) 20 June 1974; L Bogle 1895.
This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1205 Text/Publication/Article: Bogle, L. 1895. 'Notes on some prehistoric structures in Glenelg and Kintail', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 29 1894-5, p.180-90. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 180-90. 185; fig. 7.
- --- SHG2187 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 181.
- <1> SHG27950 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Lock, G. & Ralston, I.. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. SC2746.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8215 2075 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG82SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | GLENELG |
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External Links (2)
- http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/SC2746.html (Link to online Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland site entry)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11877 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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