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Cnoc An Ratha
Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2822
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2822 (2822)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Highland
- Historic county
- Caithness
- Parish, community, or townland
- Reay
- National Grid reference
- ND 0526 5775
- Latitude
- 58.49770
- Longitude
- -3.62712
- Altitude
- 129 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.75 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- commercial forestry
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1872); Earthwork Survey (1910); Other (1934); Earthwork Survey (1955); Other (1962); Other (1975); Other (1981); Earthwork Survey (1982); Other (1991); Other (2004)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 542
- HER
- Highland HER MHG785
- National record
- record ND 05 NE 2; monument 7634
- Wikidata
- Q31101495
Sources
References
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- Mercer, R J (1985) Archaeological Field Survey in Northern Scotland Volume III 1982-1983. University of Edinburgh, Department of Archaeology, Occasional Paper No. 11. Edinburgh
- Ralston, I (1975) Reay, Cnoc an Ratha, hillfort'. Disc Exc Scot (1975), 18
- RCAHMS (1911) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. HMSO, London