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MHG24764 - Dun - Torr A'Chinn Duibh

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Situated on the top of a wooded, steeply-sided knoll is a dun that commands good views of the River Farrar as it issues from the gorge at Culligran. It is approximately circular on plan, the stone walls enclosing an area some 10m in diameter, with a probable entrance about 1.5m wide in the ESE arc. The walls stand to a height of about 0.5m and are spread to c 1m in the E and c 4m in the W. What appears to be a small cell has been added to the external N side of the wall and measures c 2.5m by 2m, within walls c.0.8m wide. This feature is presumed to be a modern addition. The S, E and N scarps of the knoll are particularly steep. The W slope has been artificially steepened in two 'steps', some 5m wide and 3m or more high, to provide additional defences. However, there is little, if any, evidence of these having been 'crowned' with additional stone walls or ramparts. <1>

Harden mentions, but gives no details of, a dun near to hut-circle NH34SE 1. (A likely site for this would be on the summit of Torr a' Chinn Duibh, at NH 3813 4073). Harden is presumably refering to the dun reported in 1987 (above). <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 3812 4073 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH34SE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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