MHG4068 - Dun Ela
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- FORT (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG60NW 1 6464 0569.
(NF 6464 0569) Dun Ela (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
On the shore about 400 yards SSW of Ostaig House is a flat-topped rock tapering away towards the land in a gradually narrowing ridge and rising abruptly some 25ft above the strand. The summit it occupied by the remains of a Dun Ila, a small fort of quadrilateral shape, measuring internally some 46ft NW-SE and 31ft across the widest part, which is next the sea. The remains of its wall, built on the edge of the rock, are traceable all around except on the NE flank. The best preserved parts are towards the land to the NW, where it shows a breadth of 9ft and a height of 4ft 6ins above the interior, and at the W corner, where it is 3ft 6ins high.
RCAHMS 1928.
Dun Ela, a dun, correctly described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A S P) 17 June 1961.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 189, No. 603.
- --- SHG4375 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4376 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4377 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4378 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG9550 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council. Dun, promontory , Ostaig, Sleat. Colour Slide; Digital Image. . Original & digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6463 0569 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG60NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | SLEAT |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11547 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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