Dunagoil
The name Dunagoil (actually Dun Agoil ) carry two Iron Age hill forts (English hill forts ) on the southern tip of the Isle of Bute , 1000 meters west of St Blane's Chapel , in the Scottish county of Argyll and Bute .
The small fort and the large fort, which was used again after a devastating fire, occupy the entire headland. Their main use phase was between 200 BC. And 100 AD
The great fort is difficult to access on the highest point of the promontory. A complex of 23 m × 90 m lies within its wall of stones and wooden beams. The main entrance seems to have been in the southwest. Excavations between 1913 and 1915 revealed finds from the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The finds consist of axes , jewelry and broken earthenware and use tools and shapes to indicate iron age metalworking .
The small fort was used again in the Middle Ages, as evidenced by the remains of several longhouses. The finds made there are in the Bute Museum in Rothesay .
In the saddle between the small and the large fort lies a large stone box of unknown date, which was originally covered by a stone mound . While there are relatively simple Neolithic boxes, the large ones mostly date from the Bronze Age.
literature
- Dennis W. Harding: Forts, duns, brochs and crannogs. Iron Age settlements in Argyll . In: Graham Ritchie (ed.): The archeology of Argyll . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1997, ISBN 0-7486-0645-9 , pp. 118-140.
- Dennis W. Harding: The Atlantic Scottish Iron Age. External relations reviewed. In: Val E. Turner et al. (Ed.): Tall stories? 2 millennia of brochs . Shetland Amenity Trust, Lerwick 2005, ISBN 0-9543246-6-8 , pp. 32-51.
Web links
- Dunagoil Iron Age hill fort, Bute , photo in private blog
Coordinates: 55 ° 44 '2.8 " N , 5 ° 3' 2.6" W.