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Mull, Mingary

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2515

Location

Atlas number
SC2515 (2515)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Kilninian And Kilmore
National Grid reference
NM 4179 5564
Latitude
56.62129
Longitude
-6.21092
Altitude
65 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
1
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1972); Earthwork Survey (1972); Other (2003)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
10555
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 545
National record
record NM 45 NW 10; monument 22070
Wikidata
Q31095159

Sources

References

  1. 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