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Islay, Bridgend, Borraichill Mor
Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2156
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2156 (2156)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Argyll & Bute
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- Killarow And Kilmeny
- National Grid reference
- NR 3114 6481
- Latitude
- 55.80157
- Longitude
- -6.29193
- Altitude
- 90 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.08 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1878); Earthwork Survey (1976); Other (1979)
Identifiers
- HER
- The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 2371
- National record
- record NR 36 SW 6; monument 37771
- Wikidata
- Q31089133
Sources
References
- Davies, M L (1959) 'From the Islay Archaeological Survey Group through Dr W Lamont', Discovery Excav Scot 1959, 16
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
- RCAHMS (1984) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 5: Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay. HMSO: Edinburgh