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Creag An Amalaidh

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2906

Location

Atlas number
SC2906 (2906)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Sutherland
Parish, community, or townland
Dornoch
National Grid reference
NH 7588 9752
Latitude
57.94972
Longitude
-4.09874
Altitude
260 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.35 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (2000)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG37574
National record
record NH 79 NE 62; monument 198460
Wikidata
Q31101893

Sources