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Rubha Aird An Iasgaich, Ardnamurchan
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Fort (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rubha Aird An Iasgaich, Ardnamurchan
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Fort (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 22132
Site Number NM46SE 5
NGR NM 4925 6289
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22132
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardnamurchan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM46SE 5 4925 6289.
(NM 4925 6289) Fort, Rubha Aird an Iasgaich: Quarrying and stone robbing have virtually destroyed this fort, situated on an isolated rocky knoll 255m NW of Mingary pier, immediately W of the road leading to Kilchoan. All that can now be seen is a thin scatter of rubble, indicating that the fort was originally oval on plan, measuring about 30m by 18m within a single wall at least 2.5m thick. The position of the entrance is uncertain, but it probably lay at the NNE end, where a shallow natural gully, now enlarged by quarrying, provides the easiest line of approach to the summit. The overgrown foundations of a small rectangular enclosure of no great age now occupy the head of the gully.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1972.
Note (12 November 2014 - 23 May 2016)
The remains of a small oval fortification are situated on a hillock adjacent to the car park on the road down to Mingary Pier. It measures about 30m from NNE to SSW by 18m transversely (0.04ha) within a wall reduced to little more than a scatter of stones. The entrance was probably on the NNE, where a shallow gully crosses the line of the wall. The footings of a small rectangular enclosure of more recent date can be seen in this gully, but the interior is otherwise featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 23 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2521
