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Carn na Buaile

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2878

Location

Atlas number
SC2878 (2878)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Contin
National Grid reference
NH 4114 5669
Latitude
57.57234
Longitude
-4.65799
Altitude
198 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
0.03 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1967); Earthwork Survey (1970); Other (2004); Earthwork Survey (2013)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
11056
HER
Highland HER MHG7789
National record
record NH 45 NW 5; monument 12474
Wikidata
Q31101713

Sources