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1900.18.17

Conglomerate portion of a "vitrified fort", with dark grey porous bands and a pale grey smooth section. [CW [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]

1900.18.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Conglomerate portion of a "vitrified fort", with dark grey porous bands and a pale grey smooth section. [CW [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Scotland Argyll And Bute Ardchattan And Muckairn Dun Mac Sniachan Beregonium
Cultural groups
English
Person
Field collector Charles Cotterill Lynam
PRM source Charles Cotterill Lynam
Date
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Quartz Stone, Material Mica Stone, Material Mineral, Material Wood Plant
Dimensions
Depth: max 24 mm, Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 69 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.18.17
Research and responses

This object is likely to have been recovered from the 'vitrified fort' of Dun Mac Sniachan [NM 9035 3810], also known as Dun Mac Uisneachan or Dunmacsniachan, located in the parish of Ardchattan And Muckairn. The site is described on the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland [RCAHMS] archaeological monuments database [Canmore] as lying "on a steep-sided, isolated ridge lying between the village of Benderloch and the NE shore of Ardmucknish Bay". At the site there "are the remains of a series of defensive works comprising two successive forts and a dun". The forts and dun are recorded under site no. NM93NW 2 and Canmore ID no. 23234. The record can be accessed online at http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. [MN 09/07/2009]

Beregonium is a 'Pictish city'. The RCAHMS records that "The Pictish city of Beregonium is said to have been situated between Dun Mac Sniachan and Dun Bhaile an Righe...The RCAHMS states that the spurious name 'Beregonium', a mis-reading of Ptolemy's 'Rerigonium', was mistakenly applied by Hector Boece in his 'Scotorum Historiae' ". For more details see Canmore ID no. 23247. The record can be accessed online at http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. [MN 09/07/2009]

Search terms: Dwelling, Specimen, Building Part

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