Scheduled Monument

Dun Grugaig,dun,Gleann BeagSM914

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
23/02/1955
Last Date Amended
22/08/1995
Type
Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art; enclosure (ritual or funerary rather than defensive or domestic)
Local Authority
Highland
Parish
Glenelg
NGR
NG 85150 15922
Coordinates
185150, 815922

Description

The monument consists of a dun or fort with broch-type features located on a knoll by the side of a steep valley. The massive wall of this structure is a maximum of 4.3m thick and stands to a height of at least 4m where best preserved. It forms the arc of a D-shaped enclosure 14m by 11.5m. The straight side of the D is along the face of a steep cliff. The main entrance is to the E, at the point of easiest approach. Traces of the N face of the entrance passageway and the door checks can be distinguished. There is also a second entrance, on the NNW, and traces of an internal wall chamber just to the E of this. In the interior there are traces of a sub- circular structure about 8m in diameter which appears to be later in date than the main structure. Outside the S and E are traces of two outworks protecting the monument on its most vulnerable approaches. The area to be scheduled measures 110m NNW-SSE by a maximum of 52m E- W, to include the dun, the outworks and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map extract.

Statement of National Importance

This monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric domestic life and architecture. This is one of the best preserved monuments of its type anywhere in Scotland. It appears to be a small fort rather than a broch, but includes broch-types features (wall chambers and entrance), and is of great significance for studies of the inter-relationship of the various categories of small drystone fortification.

References

Bibliography

The monument is RCAHMS number NG 81 NE 3.

Mackie, E. (1991) Archaeological Journal 148.

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