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Jura, Druim Loisgte

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2184

Location

Atlas number
SC2184 (2184)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Jura
National Grid reference
NR 5625 7112
Latitude
55.87145
Longitude
-5.89799
Altitude
20 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1978); Other (1979)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 2864
National record
record NR 57 SE 5; monument 38272
Wikidata
Q31089594

Sources

References

  1. 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