Site Name: Red Cove
Alternative Name(s):
Monument Type: Dun
Council: Argyll and Bute
Parish: Killean and Kilchenzie
Map Sheet: NR64SE
Grid Reference: 168840, 642960
Canmore Number: 38565
Non-Statutory Register Code: S
WoSASPIN 3157
NR64SE 19 6884 4296.
(NR 6884 4296) The slight remains of a dun are situated on the summit of a rock which rises to a height of 4.5m above the surrounding coastal plain 185m N of Beachmeanach farmhouse; the rock is connected to higher ground on the E by a narrow col. All that remains of the dun wall is a band of rubble and boulders which borders the summit area on the E, N and S. If the wall continuted all round the summit, the area enclosed would have measured about 15m by 9m. The entrance was probably on the E and the interior is featureless.
RCAHMS 1971, visited 1962.
The fragmentary remains of a dun generally as described by RCAHMS. A vague sub-rectangular footing at the SW end is secondary.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 13 December 1977.
RCAHMS , The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments, Vol 1: Kintyre. Edinburgh.(1971)