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Volume contents
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- 163 - Various parishes , Title page
- 164 - Various parishes , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE DÙN (Remains of) | The Dun | Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Campbell Ewen Campbell Allan McDonald |
115 | This was evidently a place of refuge from the nature of the Wall by which it was fortified, for where-ever it was assailable the Wall was stronger and much thicker and where-ever the rock formed naturally a stronger barrier the Wall in proportion is less attended to in regard to either to thickness or strength. It is also a place where a mere handful of men could defend it against a large number that the Inhabitants of the County stood as Siege there at different times is evident from the quantity of Cow's, or Oxen bones that have been dug out of one of its corners: Moreover human bones have been discovered there. it could never have been a place where people had lived for any time, for the height, and coldness of the Climate forbids the idea to be entertained. There is no tradition regarding it. It is no ways like the other Duns you allude to as found in other parts of Scotland; this one I think stands singularly by itself; for it is a high conical hill with a flat top surrounded by a wall, twelve feet thick in some parts. It is likely that it was built anterior to the use of lime or morter, for there was not lime used in the construction of the Wall. The outsides of this Wall were built of beautiful thin Flags, and the intervening space filled up by stones of various shape and form, but not of large size. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 140
Co. [County] of Inverness Parish of Laggan
[Note under the name "THE DÙN (Remains of)" in the List of Names column]
Old English
[Signed] Robert Kane Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Inverness county, OS Name Books - Inverness county (Mainland) - Volume 16 - Parishes of Boleskine and Abertarff, Kingussie and Insh, Laggan and Moy and Dalarossie, OS1/17/16
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Boleskine and Abertarff, Kingussie and Insh, Laggan, and Moy and Dalarossie.
Ordnance Survey - Inverness county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Inverness, which is in the north of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.