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Achingale

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4214

Location

Atlas number
SC4214 (4214)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Caithness
Parish, community, or townland
Watten
National Grid reference
ND 2423 5364
Latitude
58.46457
Longitude
-3.30037
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.57 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1982)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG13707
National record
record ND 25 SW
Wikidata
Q31102606

Sources