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Bute, Kerrytonlia

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC1228

Location

Atlas number
SC1228 (1228)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Buteshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kingarth
National Grid reference
NS 1151 5687
Latitude
55.76846
Longitude
-5.00622
Altitude
15 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Footprint
0.24 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1977); Other (1997)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 5221
National record
record NS 15 NW 7; monument 40643
Wikidata
Q31088489

Sources