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Canna, Rubha Nic Eamoin

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2689

Location

Atlas number
SC2689 (2689)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Small Isles
National Grid reference
NG 2379 0485
Latitude
57.05173
Longitude
-6.55668
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 1, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1972); Earthwork Survey (1994); Other (1994)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5955
HER
Highland HER MHG5632
National record
record NG 20 SW 3; monument 10767
Wikidata
Q31098768

Sources