Ardifuir
| Ardifuir | |
|---|---|
Ardifuir Location within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NR7896 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Ardifuir is a locality and area of historic settlement in the civil parish of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.[1]
History
There is a prehistoric domestic and defensive dun which is a scheduled monument.[2] It is located in a position that gives it a wide cone of visibility over the Mid-Argyll coast.[3] Excavations have found E-ware pottery that indicates the site was occupied in the early Christian period (6th-7th century AD).[4][5] Shreds of Samian pottery as well as the morphology of the site suggest that the site was constructed and first occupied in the early centuries AD, other finds suggest that metalworking also occurred on the site.[5]
Present Day
In the present day the site is occupied by a 19th century farmhouse that is operated as a guest house.[6]
References
- ^ "Ardifuir". trove.scot. 2 May 1973. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Ardifuir,dun 2400m W of Poltalloch". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ Jones, Andrew Meirion; Freedman, Davina; O’Connor, Blaze; Lamdin-Whymark, Hugo; Tipping, Richard; Watson, Aaron (2011). An Animate Landscape: Rock Art and the Prehistory of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland. Oxbow Books. doi:10.2307/j.ctv13gvfsw.17. ISBN 978-1-905119-41-7. JSTOR j.ctv13gvfsw.
- ^ McCormick, Finbar (1993). "Review of Argyll Vol. 7. Mid Argyll and Cowal, Medieval and Later Monuments: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 56: 182–184. ISSN 0082-7355. JSTOR 20568199.
- ^ a b Noble, Gordon; O'Driscoll, James (2019). Hillforts: Britain, Ireland and the Nearer Continent: Papers from the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland Conference, June 2017. Archaeopress. ISBN 978-1-78969-226-6. JSTOR j.ctvnb7r0b.
- ^ "Ardifuir". Must Visit. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2025.