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MHG5178 - Dun - Loch Slapin

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NG51NE 6 5533 1625.

(NG 5533 1625) Dun (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

On a rocky point on the W shore of Loch Slapin are the remains of a dun of irregular shape measuring internally some 26ft N-S and 23ft E-W. It seems to have been surrounded by a stone rampart, which has been of small dimensions on the S. arc towards the sea but very strong on the N. segment, where it could be easily assailed. The tumbled mass of stone at this part is spread over a width of 27ft and is 9ft in height. The entrance which is slightly to the W of N, is 4ft 6ins wide, and the thickness of the wall at this point seems to have been about 13ft. A small portion of the inner face of the wall is still in position on the NE.
RCAHMS 1928.

This dun is as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 16 June 1961.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5533 1625 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG51NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	STRATH

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