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Skye, Ard Beg

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2732

Location

Atlas number
SC2732 (2732)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Duirinish
National Grid reference
NG 2196 6112
Latitude
57.55446
Longitude
-6.65003
Altitude
10 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 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.13 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

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 Written Reference (1990)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG4095
National record
record NG 26 SW 8; monument 71438
Wikidata
Q31098948

Sources