MHG5282 - Dun - Castle Chalamine
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- DUN (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG81NW 10 8149 1749.
(NG 8149 1749) Dun (NR) (Remains of) (Supposed Pictish Tower)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
Castle Chalamine, listed by Anderson as a broch, is situated on an eminence on the N side of the valley of Glenbeg. At the date of Gordon's Tour (A Gordon 1726), 1720, only the foundations remained.
J Anderson 1873; A Gordon 1926.
Dun (NR) (Site of)
OS 1/10,000map, (1971)
"Castle Chalamine", the remains of an oval dun, on a small but prominent knoll commanding extensive views over Gleann Beag. All that survives is a scatter of debris on the slopes of the knoll, and seven stones of the outer wall face on the NE giving an estimated wall thickness of between 2.5m and 3.5m. The internal area can not have been more than about 8.0m NW-SE by 5.0m NE-SW.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 4 October 1966 and (A A) 25 June 1974.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 194.
- --- SHG2272 Text/Publication/Volume: Gordon, A. 1726. Itinerarium septentrionale: or a journey thro' most of the counties of Scotland and those in the north of England.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8149 1749 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG81NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | GLENELG |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11776 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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