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Coll, Feall Bay

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2493

Location

Atlas number
SC2493 (2493)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Coll
National Grid reference
NM 1435 5464
Latitude
56.59642
Longitude
-6.65555
Altitude
37 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 1, SW 0, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1901); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1972); Earthwork Survey (1975); Other (2002)

Identifiers

HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 186
National record
record NM 15 SW 1; monument 21592
Wikidata
Q31092904

Sources

References

  1. Beveridge, E (1903) Coll and Tiree: their prehistoric forts and ecclesiastical antiquities with notices of ancient remains in the Treshnish Isles. Edinburgh
  2. Moore, H & Wilson, G (2002) Report on a Coastal Zone Assessment Survey on the Islands of Coll and Tiree. EASE Archaeology
  3. RCAHMS (1980) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). HMSO: Edinburgh