Dun Mor Vaul (7273)
Description
| A broch with outworks occupies the summit of a prominent rocky knoll. It measures some 9.5m in diameter and stands up to 2.2m high. The walls are some 4.5m thick. There is an intramural gallery and staircase leading to the upper floor. The entrance is situated on the ESE side. There were two lines of defensive walls on the interior but these are now very reduced. The site was partially excavated in 1880 and again in 1962-4 (MacKie, 1974/5). Two phase of pre-broch settlement and a post-broch phase, comprising of a secondary building inserted inside the broch, were identified. Traces of extramural settlement were also discovered. Radiocarbon dating and typological comparison of the finds assemblages suggested to the excavator that the site was occupied from the late 6th C BC to the 2nd or 3rd C AD. A large quantity of artefacts and ecofactual material was recovered and are now held at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. References: Beveridge, 1903, MacKie, 1974, 1975. |
| Description unchanged. There may be some new tumble and possible visitor erosion. |
Location
| 104230.00 | |
| 749270.00 | |
| 27700 | |
| 56.5420151 | |
| -6.8135676 |
Submitted photographs
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31/08/2023 | Inner wall face with tumble | ARThompson |
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31/08/2023 | Some tumble at N edge | ARThompson |
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31/08/2023 | Northern section of outer wall | ARThompson |
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31/08/2023 | Guard chamber | ARThompson |
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31/08/2023 | Broch wall to N | ARThompson |
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31/08/2023 | General view to NE | ARThompson |
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Submitted updates
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