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Lismore, Fiart

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2587

Location

Atlas number
SC2587 (2587)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Lismore And Appin
National Grid reference
NM 8067 3687
Latitude
56.47280
Longitude
-5.56276
Altitude
15 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.04 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, scrub or bracken, and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1971); Other (1978)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4113
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 1206
National record
record NM 83 NW 23; monument 23016
Wikidata
Q31095373

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1975) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments: volume 2: Lorn. HMSO: Edinburgh