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Barranlongairt

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2476

Location

Atlas number
SC2476 (2476)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Kilfinan
National Grid reference
NR 9215 8158
Latitude
55.98210
Longitude
-5.33335
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1865); Other (1937); Other (1942); Other (1972); Earthwork Survey (1985)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 4591
National record
record NR 98 SW 6; monument 40006
Wikidata
Q31092146

Sources

References

  1. Cowal Gazetteer (1967) Gazetteer of archaeological sites in Cowal: compiled by the Cowal Archaeological Society (p 46/2)
  2. Knight, G A F (1937) 'Antiquities in the neighbourhood of Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne'. Trans Glasgow Archaeol Soc, New Ser, 9.1 (1937),
  3. Paterson, M (1970) Cowal before history (p 21)
  4. RCAHMS (1988) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 6: Mid-Argyll and Cowal, prehistoric and early historic monuments. HMSO: Edinburgh