Monument record MHG73 - Fort, Rubha Aird an Iasgaich
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred NM 49253 62893 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NM46SE |
Old County | ARGYLL |
Civil Parish | ARDNAMURCHAN |
Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
The fort is as described in 1972. (RCAHMS, 1980, 85) A very slight rubble wall is discernible, particularly along the W and SW sides. Much of the E side has probably fallen down the very steep slope; rubble is visible at the bottom. Quarrying does not appear to have encroached any further on the monument.
Field Verification Project (West Lochaber) - J Robertson, 03/2004
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.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 85-6, No. 154; plan fig. 78.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM