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Luing, Ardinamir
Enclosure(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Luing, Ardinamir
Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 22623
Site Number NM71SE 14
NGR NM 75307 12015
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22623
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM71SE 14 7532 1202.
NM 7532 1202. Enclosure, 150 yards SE of fort NM71SE 1; circle of boulders adjacent to each other, 33 feet in diameter.
Mr and Mrs J Hunter 1967.
Irene Maclachlan of Ardinamir, who informed Mr and Mrs Hunter of this site, pointed out several scattered boulders under thick bracken. They do not form a circle and appear to be natural.
Visited by OS (DWR) 17 September 1971.
RCAHMS agree probably natural.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Field Visit (31 March 2022)
NM71SE 14 75307 12015
This circular enclosure is situated on a terrace 65m ESE of the fort at Ballycastle (NM71SE 1). It measures about 10m in diameter within a wall defined by a single line of edge-set boulders. A second similar enclosure lies 22m to the ESE (NM 75337 12008) and measures 6.5m in diameter overall. Neither enclosure resembles the remains of a prehistoric house, and they are more likely related to the use of this rough uncultivated ground for pasture.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (GF Geddes and D Bratt), 31 March 2022
ACFA Nos. 111 and 112
