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Lewis, Rudha Shilldinish
Western Isles, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2765
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2765 (2765)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Western Isles
- Historic county
- Ross-shire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Stornoway
- National Grid reference
- NB 4546 3063
- Latitude
- 58.19089
- Longitude
- -6.33279
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and coastal grassland
Dating
- Dating
- after AD 800 and undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1914); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1964); Earthwork Survey (1992); Other (1992); Other (2014)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 5253
- HER
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - Western Isles Sites and Monuments Record MWE4304
- National record
- record NB 43 SE 1; monument 4304
- Wikidata
- Q31120081
Sources
References
- Cunningham and Hothersall, C M and S (1992) 'Rubdha Shilldinish, Holm (Stornoway parish): survey of promontory site'. Disc Exc Scot (1992), 84
- RCAHMS (1928) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. HMSO: Edinburgh