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Sloc A' Mhuilt, Mull
Fort (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sloc A' Mhuilt, Mull
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21978
Site Number NM41NW 6
NGR NM 427 182
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM41NW 6 427 182.
NM 427 182. Fort, Sloc a' Mhuilt: Immediately to the S of Sloc a' Mhuilt there is an elongated rocky promontory on the top of which can be seen the denuded remains of a fort. On the SE flank the position is protected by steep or vertical rock-faces that increase in height from 5m at the neck of the promontory to more than 30m at the furthest end, while on the NW side a precipitous cliff which rises 35m from the shore makes the site practically immune to attack from that entire quarter. About 15m SW of the narrowest point of the neck of the promontory a stone wall has been built across the top.
Now extensively overgrown with grass and heather, the wall appears to have measured at least 2.2m in thickness; its outer face, several stretches of which have survived in position, incorporates a number of extremely large blocks of stone, and at one point it stands 0.8m high in three courses. The position of the entrance is indicated by a gap about 1.5m wide near the centre of the wall. Although the area cut off by the defences amounts to more than 1 ha (2.47 acres), in view of the rough nature of the ground it is improbable that more than a small portion was intended to be used for habitation.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973
Note (11 November 2014 - 23 May 2016)
This fort occupies a narrow finger of the cliff-line forming the S side of a small bay on the S coast of Mull, presenting a cliff face up to 35m high along this flank, and elsewhere rock-faces and steep slopes falling away from 5m to 30m. The crest of the promontory is no more than 30m broad, extending for a distance of some 320m beyond a wall built immediately SW of a point where there is a narrow neck. The wall is about 20m in length and 2.2m thick, with an outer face incorporating several massive blocks, and thus cuts off an area of about 0.78ha. The entrance is midway along the wall.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 23 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2510