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Mortlich
Aberdeenshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2948
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2948 (2948)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Historic county
- Aberdeenshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Coull
- National Grid reference
- NJ 5356 0173
- Latitude
- 57.10425
- Longitude
- -2.76823
- Altitude
- 381 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
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.21 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1867); Earthwork Survey (1956); Other (1968)
Identifiers
- HER
- Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record NJ50SW0010
- National record
- record NJ 50 SW 6; monument 17515
- Wikidata
- Q31083921
Sources
References
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/