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Field Visit
Date 25 August 2011
Event ID 634907
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/634907
This fort is situated on a rocky promontory overlooking Guirdil Bay and the Sound of Canna. The substantial wall survives as described by the previous authority (RCAHMS 1983), taking in an area that measures about 70m from WNW to ESE by up to 40m transversely. The grass-grown interior is uneven, dropping steeply in the western half and there are the remains of three hut-circles within the fort.
The remains of a large hut-circle are situated at the E and highest part of the interior, 15m NNE of the entrance. It appears to overlie the defensive wall, and measures 11m in diameter over a stony bank spread up to 1.5m in thickness and 0.2m in height. Its WNW sector has been robbed but for one outer-facing stone. Three inner-facing stones survive on the SE. No entrance is visible.
About 27m to the WSW, a second hut-circle measures about 7m in diameter over a stony bank 1m in thickness and up to 0.2m in height. There is an entrance to the NNE 1m wide.
A further 28m to the WNW, on the lower level, is a third hut-circle. Oval on plan, this measures about 6.5m from NE to SW by 5m transversely over a stony bank 0.8m in thickness, and 0.2m in height. The entrance appears to be in the NE.
Immediately outside the fort, there are the scant remains of an enclosure wall that springs from the fort’s wall and encloses a D-shaped area 17m from NNE to SSW by 7m transversely. This wall measures roughly 1.5m in thickness, and up to 0.2m in height. Outer-facing stones are visible along the SE sector, and where the wall abuts the fort on the N.
Overlying this bank are the remains of a small hut, similar in character to another 6m lying to the SE. Lazy bedding orientated from NNW to SSE overlies the enclosure and extends further to the E.
Visited by RCAHMS (GG, IP, AG) 25 August 2011.
RCAHMS 1983
Plan at 1:500 (DC 49447)
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