Monument record MHG7460 - Possible Fort, The Torr
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 9300 1800 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG91NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GLENSHIEL |
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Full Description
NG91NW 2 93 18.
A vitrified fort, "The Torr", near the mouth of the River Shiel, is listed by both Christison (D Christison 1898) and Childe (V G Childe 1946).
Cotton (M A Cotton 1954) has assumed that this is where the river flows into Loch Duich, but field investigation has failed to find any trace of a fort or vitrified material in the area, and no local knowledge of "The Torr".
It is probable that the site referred to is in fact NM67SE 4. (Ardnamurchan, Argyll).
D Christison 1898; V G Childe 1946; M A Cotton 1954; Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 September 1966.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2047 Text/Publication/Volume: Childe, V G. 1946. Scotland before the Scots: being the Rhind lectures 1944. 135, No. 30.
- --- SHG2049 Text/Publication/Volume: Christison, D. 1898. Early fortifications in Scotland: motes, camps and forts: the Rhind lectures in archaeology for 1894. 193, No. 12.
- --- SHG288 Text/Publication/Article: Cotton, M A. 1954. 'British camps with timbered-laced ramparts', Archaeol J, Vol. 111, pp 26-105. 76.
- --- SHG43 Text/Publication/Article: Nisbet, H C. 1975. 'A geological approach to vitrified forts, part II: bedrock and building stone', Science and Archaeology, Vol 15, pp 3-16. p 12, no.32.
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Record last edited
Dec 11 2009 2:07PM
