Monument record MHG2573 - Motte, Fort Augustus

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Grid reference Centred NH 3799 0800 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH30NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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The motte built at Abertarff, at the southern end of Loch Ness (NH 3808) by the Berwickshire baron Thomas of Thirlestane was attacked by the native population in 1228. Thomas was slain and his castle razed.
G W S Barrow 1980; 1973

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Barrow, G W S. 1973. The kingdom of the Scots; government, church and society from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. 376.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Barrow, G W S. 1980. The Anglo-Norman era in Scottish history. 32.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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