<< Our Photo Pages >> Dun Chonallaich - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in Argyll
Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, 15 February 2001 Page Views: 7068
Multi-periodSite Name: Dun ChonallaichCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NM85440365 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.177027N Longitude: 5.458334W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
Ronnie_Pickering visited on 1st Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 A great fort, sadly damaged but there is a good chunk of wall left. It can be hard to get to (that's the point of a fort). Access would score 3 if you find the right way first time, or a 1 if you attempt to climb the wrong side of the hill. I started from Auchinellan house where I was staying as a guest so I don't think this is a public route up.
Probably better to walk up the track from the village of Ford, the track starts just north of the (possibly closed) crown house B&B and then yomp South West accross the moor to access the east flank of the hill, ideally from the south-east if you can be bothered walking right round if you have come from Ford.
Approach it from the south east and you sill see a cliff face. This is a dangerous face which is collapsing and any direct ascent to the fort would be horrible. Instead, climb it along the rambling eastern flank avoiding as much bracken as possible (there are ticks about).
About an hour from the farm if you find the right way.
h_fenton visited on 8th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Best part of this site are the views, the remains of the film set from the early 1980s don't really add anything to the site except a little shelter.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 2.5
This massive hillfort overlooks the Abhainn Airidcheoduis and is recorded as Canmore ID 22772. Their entry tells us this is: "an irregularly shaped stone-walled fort and its outworks. Aligned NE and SW, the fort measures about 37m by 16m within a wall that follows the irregular outline of the summit area. Regrettably the monument has been subject to wanton destruction in recent times. Shortly before the Commission's visit, the SW end of the summit was severely disturbed by the construction of a stone-walled round-house for use as a film-set; shortly afterwards vandals destroyed a particularly fine stretch of the outer face to the SW of the main entrance, which had been recorded as standing to a height of 2m in nineteen courses. The wall evidently varied in thickness, attaining as much as 4.5m on the NW, but barely 1.5m on the S. The core material along the centre line of the wall appears to have subsided slightly, which may indicate the presence of a mural gallery. Hoever, it is only on the NE that an intramural feature can be seen and it is uncertain what purpose this short length of facing served, since it appears to be set at an angle to the line of the wall."
The hillfort is also recorded by The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for Dun Chonallaich, Ford, Argyll which contains directions for finding the site, together with the 1875 OS map and a drawing of the gaming board found there. TNA adds: "A portable cup-marked stone in the fort’s southern wall is a modern artifact."
Copyright of the photo - Patrick Mackie (http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/2208), re-used under Creative Commons licence.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
983m SSW 210° Dun Na Nighinn Stone Fort or Dun (NM84910282)
1.2km S 174° Creag A Chapuill* Stone Fort or Dun (NM855024)
1.3km ESE 102° Ford Stone (Kilmartin)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM8668103317)
1.4km WNW 282° Salachary* Stone Row / Alignment (NM8405604024)
1.4km E 91° Ford Cist* Cist (NM86890356)
1.5km NE 37° Dun Dubh Stone Fort or Dun (NM864048)
1.7km SE 130° Loch Ederline* Crannog (NM867025)
2.1km WNW 303° Dun Na Ban-Oige* Stone Fort or Dun (NM837049)
2.1km SSE 163° Creagantairbh Beag* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM85950156)
2.2km N 356° Tur A' Bhodaich Stone Fort or Dun (NM854059)
2.5km W 275° Bealoch Mor Stone Circle (NM8304)
2.5km WNW 294° Kintraw (Argyll) Stone Fort or Dun (NM832048)
2.5km SSW 209° Carn Ban (Carnasserie)* Cairn (NM8411101503)
2.5km S 171° Glennan Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM85730112)
2.6km S 174° Glennan Cairn* Cairn (NM856011)
2.6km S 172° Creagantairbh Beag Cairns* Cairn (NM85670108)
2.6km SSW 201° Carnasserie Farm* Rock Art (NM84390125)
2.7km WNW 300° The Watch Stone (Kintraw)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM83200509)
2.7km WNW 299° Kintraw hill platform* Cairn (NM83170507)
2.7km ENE 66° Torran Cup-marked rock* Rock Art (NM87960461)
2.7km WNW 296° Kintraw (Kilmartin)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM83050497)
2.7km ENE 61° Torran Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NM8790104877)
2.9km ENE 64° Dun Toiseach (Kilmartin) Stone Fort or Dun (NM88080475)
2.9km W 270° Lochan Druim An Rathaid Cairn (NM825038)
3.2km SSW 206° Carnasserie Rock Art* Rock Art (NM8389100856)
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.