Monument record MHG39593 - DELETED - merged with MHG1182

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More photos. HAW 8/2003

Fort is on promontory on S side of inlet, steep & narrow and with broch further up it on same side. Reused for lighthouse later. View photo - HAW 11/2002

On sea stack till-plugged to mainland cliff edge immediately south of old herring station lighthouse above Janetstown Harbour, a massive rampart 2 metres high with entrance. Within, four scooped sub-circular huts. On the landward end of till-plug, another rampart and entrance, with possible guard cell on southern side of entrance.
J Smith 1983

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Sep 22 2009 5:32PM

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