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Whitebridge

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2870

Location

Atlas number
SC2870 (2870)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Boleskine And Abertarff
National Grid reference
NH 4954 1471
Latitude
57.19847
Longitude
-4.49199
Altitude
280 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.02 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1974); Other (1979)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG2648
National record
record NH 41 SE 14; monument 12294
Wikidata
Q31101319

Sources