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Hill Fort of Dùn-da-Làimh

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LOCATION: Dun da Lamh, Laggan
PERIOD: 1830s
DISTRICT: Badenoch
OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS:Laggan
CONTRIBUTOR: Highland Libraries
COLLECTION NAME: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (maps)

Dun da Lamh hill fort stands on a hillside above the Spey Dam, west of Laggan Bridge. It has possible origins in the iron age but its 8m thick single rampart, 3-4m high, is common in Pictish royal sites from around 300-800AD. The ruin is popular with archaeological visitors.

This plate is from volume 4 of the 'Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland' of 1833

IDENTIFIER: QZP40_941_006_P004

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