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a' Chlach Thuill

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2776

Location

Atlas number
SC2776 (2776)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Sutherland
Parish, community, or townland
Assynt
National Grid reference
NC 0381 2671
Latitude
58.18561
Longitude
-5.33881
Altitude
20 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 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and vitrification

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory and knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1998); Earthwork Survey (2009)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG34508
National record
record NC 02 NW 25; monument 140944
Wikidata
Q31099636

Sources

References

  1. Bangor-Jones, M (1998) 'Assynt (Assynt parish), survey'. Disc Exc Scot (1998), 48