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Tom An Iasgaire

Argyll & Bute, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2604

Location

Atlas number
SC2604 (2604)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Argyll & Bute
Historic county
Argyll
Parish, community, or townland
Glenorchy And Inishail
National Grid reference
NN 0445 2837
Latitude
56.40702
Longitude
-5.17100
Altitude
185 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 0, SW 1, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1933); Earthwork Survey (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1969); Other (1996)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4034
HER
The West of Scotland Archaeology Service 1594
National record
record NN 02 NW 4; monument 23439
Wikidata
Q31095448

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