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Archaeology Notes

Date  - 1972

Event ID 697483

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/697483

NR98SW 6 9215 8158.

(NR 9214 8158) Fort (NR)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)

The same ridge which carries fort NR98SW 7 rises to a second but lower peak which is also fortified. The crest has been defined by a built stone rampart following its contours, but the work is much dilapidated and only on the E can a few stones of the outer face be recognised. The inner face is not exposed and the very uneven interior is overgrown with bracken. The entrance was probably on the N, but here a rough sheepfold has been built out of the debris from the masonry. The area enclosed was probably about 60' x 40'.

M Paterson 1970; G A F Knight 1937.

An oval fort, measuring internally c. 42.0m N-S x c. 19.0m, within a wall up to 2.5m thick. Large outer facing stones exist on the N and W, but on the E where the wall follows the top of a rock face, there is little trace. The entrance probably existed on the S, but identification is difficult as an old sheepfold utilises the fort wall on this side. The interior is featureless.

The construction and position of this fort is similar to that of NR98SW 7.

Revised at 1:10560.

Visited by OS (D W R) 2 November 1972.

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