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Torr An Duin, Loch Nan Gabhar
Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2603
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2603 (2603)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Highland
- Historic county
- Argyll
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ardgour
- National Grid reference
- NM 9700 6330
- Latitude
- 56.71717
- Longitude
- -5.31887
- Altitude
- 33 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 and vitrification
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall and vitrification
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Excavation (1908); Other (1943); Other (1970); Other (1972); Earthwork Survey (1973)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 3220
- HER
- Highland HER MHG337
- National record
- record NM 96 SE 1; monument 23336
- Wikidata
- Q31098037
Sources
References
- Feachem, R W (1963) Guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- 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
- Reid, A (1909) 'The vitrified fort of Lochan-an-Gour, Argyllshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 43 (1908-9), 34-42