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Latitude: 57.4316 / 57°25'53"N
Longitude: -4.6594 / 4°39'33"W
OS Eastings: 240440
OS Northings: 841036
OS Grid: NH404410
Mapcode National: GBR G9W2.LGC
Mapcode Global: WH2D6.DGGR
Entry Name: Erchless Castle,dun 650m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5004
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun
Location: Kiltarlity and Convinth
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument comprises the remains of a sub-circular dun of the Iron Age, measuring 12.3m NE-SW by 13m transversely within a tumbled wall 2.6m wide with inner and outer faces occasionally visible. The entrance lies in the south east. Outside the dun wall on the south and east are the footings of an outer wall. The area to be scheduled, to include the dun, the outer wall and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their use will survive, measures 50m in diameter as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved dun which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of Iron Age settlement and defensive structures.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH44SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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