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Ormond Castle
Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC4218
Location
- Atlas number
- SC4218 (4218)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Highland
- Historic county
- Ross-shire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Avoch
- National Grid reference
- NH 6963 5358
- Latitude
- 57.55355
- Longitude
- -4.18030
- Altitude
- 76 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.45 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- scrub or bracken and heather moorland
- Water source
- well or cistern
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1795); Other (1840); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1871); Earthwork Survey (1883); Other (1966); Other (1970); Other (1989)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 4740
- HER
- Highland HER MHG8226
- National record
- record NH 65 SE 1; monument 13572
- Wikidata
- Q31102981
Sources
References
- Beaton, A J (1885) 'Notes on Ormond or Avoch Castle, in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, with a plan and section; and notice with drawing of bronze celts found in its vicinity'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 19 (1884-5), 400-4
- NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy.
- Stat Acct (date) Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes (Sinclair, J ed), 1791-99