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Note
Date 29 September 2014 - 4 August 2016
Event ID 1044617
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044617
What may a fort situated on a rocky promontory on the NW coast of Islay was noted in 1979 by RCAHMS investigators, who believed that the stones scattered along a prominent rib of outcrop up to 2.6m high at the SE end of the summit were the remains of a defensive wall some 2.3m thick. The area apparently cut off on the summit measures about 85m from NW to SE by 33m transversely (0.22ha), but while the slopes defining the summit are steep and precipitous, on the seaward side it shelves down towards the sea, and the wall is thus controlling a much larger area of about 3ha. The surface of the whole promontory is rocky and uneven and no trace of an entrance has been observed.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 04 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2118
