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Eigg, Garbh Bealach

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2528

Location

Atlas number
SC2528 (2528)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Small Isles
National Grid reference
NM 4703 8391
Latitude
56.87745
Longitude
-6.15366
Altitude
124 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.05 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
round stone structures
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (2001); Other (2004)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
10993
HER
Highland HER MHG33339 & MHG47873
National record
record NM 48 SE 42; monument 269299
Wikidata
Q31097948

Sources