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Rhumach
Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Rhumach
Classification Promontory Fort (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 132606
Site Number NM68NW 9
NGR NM 6416 8531
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132606
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM68NW 9 6416 8531
The following new site was recorded in a desk-based survey and field inspection in four areas proposed for natural woodland regeneration.
NM 6416 8531 Promontory fort, possible facing stones of S side in a rubble spread. The SW side of the promontory is protected by a rubble wall up to 3m wide and 1m high, which runs for 9m along the top of the crag before turning E to block access from the N up a steep gully. The sub-circular enclosed area of the promontory was c15m across.
A report is lodged with the NMRS (MS/726/176).
Sponsor: Scottish Woodlands Ltd.
D Alexander 1995.
Note (21 November 2014 - 18 May 2016)
A small promontory work has been recorded on a hillock on the S side of the coast road just above the southern shore of Loch nan Ceall. A band of rubble some 3m broad and 1m high, in which a few possible outer facing-stones are visible, extends along the edge of the promontory on the SW before cutting back E to block access up a natural gully. The position of the entrance is not known and the interior, which is only 15m across, is featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2538
