Queen's View


Site type: fort

Parish: Blair Atholl

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NN 8631 6010

Lat / long: 56.71884332, -3.857993517

Alternative names: Allean Forest

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

This has variously been described as a homestead, a dun, a fort and a ring fort, the last by the Forestry Commission information board at the site. It is 24m in diameter and the walls are around 3m thick, and defense is what immediately springs to mind rather than domestic, particularly given its location. It sits high above Loch Tummel, guarding a strategic path through the hills, and is reminiscent of the forts around Glen Lyon.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm