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MHG2648 - Dun - Beinn Sgurrach

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At the E end of a ridge are the remains of a dun. An elongated oval in plan, it measures 26.0m (ENE-WSW) by 7.0m at the W end and 9.0m at the E end, within a wall reduced to a grass scarp in which a few outer facing stones survive intermittently. The wall seems to have been between 2.0m and 3.0m in thickness. A slight depression in the scarp at the W end may indicate the entrance.
The W approach to the dun has been protected by an outwork, now reduced to one or two outer facing stones and traces of rubble core, sone 18.0m outwith the dun wall. Traces of another are visible below the ridge in the SE, where it has blocked an access up the crags.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 18 September 1974

No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1/10,000,
Visited by OS (J B) 15 February 1979

This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4954 1471 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH41SE
Civil Parish	BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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