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Craig Mony

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2872

Location

Atlas number
SC2872 (2872)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Urquhart And Glenmoriston
National Grid reference
NH 4998 2945
Latitude
57.33090
Longitude
-4.49364
Altitude
145 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 0, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.11 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1881); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1901); Other (1943); Other (1957); Other (1964); Other (1979); Other (1993); Earthwork Survey (2014)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
5808
HER
Highland HER MHG2707
National record
record NH 42 NE 2; monument 12312
Wikidata
Q31101651

Sources

References

  1. Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club (1888) 'Excursion to Glen Urquhart, Saturday 3rd September 1881', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club 2 (1888), 146