MHG5191 - Dun Beag

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DUN (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)

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NG51NE 1 5751 1984.

(NG 5751 1984) Dun Beag (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

On an elevated rocky promontory jutting into Loch Slapin.
The plateau on the summit of the rock is roughly oval on plan and measures 36ft N-S and 28ft E-W: it stands about 30ft above HWM and 20ft above the rock to the landward side to the N. The slight remains of a stone wall are traceable along the whole circumference of the defence, being rather higher towards the land.
RCAHMS 1928.

Dun Beag is as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 17 June 1961

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--- 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. . 211, No. 652.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5750 1984 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG51NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	STRATH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/11420 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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