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Stroma, Bught o' Camm

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2834

Location

Atlas number
SC2834 (2834)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Caithness
Parish, community, or townland
Canisbay
National Grid reference
ND 3498 7855
Latitude
58.68992
Longitude
-3.12336
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.21 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, heather moorland, and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1973); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1982)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG1698
National record
record ND 37 NW 6; monument 9374
Wikidata
Q31101119

Sources