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Torr Alvie
Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4151
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4151 (4151)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Highland
- Historic county
- Inverness-shire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Alvie
- National Grid reference
- NH 8770 0885
- Latitude
- 57.15684
- Longitude
- -3.85816
- Altitude
- 356 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.16 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (2006); Earthwork Survey (2011); Earthwork Survey (2014)
Identifiers
- HER
- Highland HER MHG55341
- National record
- record NH 80 NE 104; monument 339862
- Wikidata
- Q31102390
Sources
References
- Marshall, M (2011) 'North Kinrara Farmstead / Tor Alvie, near Aviemore, Highland (Alvie parish), survey'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 12 (2011), 93
- Marshall, M (2011) A Project to Identify, Survey and Record the Archaeological Remains of a farmstead at North Kinrara and a possible fortification on Tor Alvie, both near Aviemore, Inverness-shire (Report in Highland HER: SHG25554)