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Cnoc na Griag

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2889

Location

Atlas number
SC2889 (2889)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Ross-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Kincardine
National Grid reference
NH 5922 9036
Latitude
57.88058
Longitude
-4.37568
Altitude
75 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1904); Earthwork Survey (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1969); Other (1976)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG9181
National record
record NH 59 SE 9; monument 13066
Wikidata
Q31101641

Sources

References

  1. Watson, W J (1904) Place names of Ross and Cromarty. Inverness