MHG12160 - Dunan Beg

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PROMONTORY FORT (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)

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NC27SE 1 2512 7324.

NC 252 732. A possible promontory fort consisting of traces of a wall across the neck of a promontory.
Info contained in letter from T C Welsh, 10 August 1972.

NC 2512 7324. This is not a fort but a narrow promontory, containing no structures, which has been isolated by an early modern hefting dyke across it. The slight wall 11m long and about 1m wide is reduced to a course of rubble 0.3m high. There is no break in the wall. Visited by OS (N K B) 28 April 1980.

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--- SHG402 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1972. 'Cape Wrath, small sites', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1972, p.42. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 42. 42.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 2512 7324 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC27SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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Cape Wrath Training Area Survey (EHG3163)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/4720 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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