MHG263 - Dun, Auliston Point
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- DUN (Iron Age - 550 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Dun (possible), Auliston Point: Approximately 800m E of Auliston Point, on the N end of a short rocky promontory which terminates in vertical cliffs up to 6m high, there are the wasted remains of an enclosure which may possibly have been a small dun. A sub-rectangular area measuring about 11.5m from E to W by 9.5m transversely has been cut off by an arc of walling now reduced to an irregular band of tumbled debris nowhere more than 3m thick. The shallow trenches that can be seen on the inner and outer margins of the band may represent the quarry-scoops made by stone-robbers removing the facing stones of the wall. The position of the entrance is unknown.
RCAHMS 1980.
This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 98, No. 178.
- <1> SHG27950 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Lock, G. & Ralston, I.. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. SC2531.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 5545 5793 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM55NE |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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External Links (2)
- http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/SC2531.html (Link to online Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland site entry)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/22306 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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