South Beachmore
Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name South Beachmore
Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 38559
Site Number NR64SE 13
NGR NR 6833 4144
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38559
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killean And Kilchenzie
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR64SE 13 683 415.
NR 683 415. A square motte or stack fort. A' Chleit.
Information from E J Talbot Ts 'Mottes'.
There is no trace of a motte in the area indicated. The only fortification identified is a dun on a stack some 700m to the south (see Dun Domhnuill NR64SE 20).
Visited by OS (N K B) 14 February 1978.
Not confirmed; but members of the Kintyre Society have stated a traditional medieval association in the area of the grid reference.
Information from E J Talbot, Glasgow University to OS, 10 November 1978.
