MHG4155 - Possible Fort, Eilean Port Nam Murrach
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Type and Period (1)
- FORT (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NM68SW 1 6124 8351.
(NM 6124 8351) There is vitrifaction on the top of an islet called Eilean Port na Muirach, a site with no space for a fort or garrison, but with an excellent view over the sea and thus probably used as a look-out and beacon (M'Hardy 1906).
Both Childe and Cotton report this as a vitrified fort. No plan or description of it has been traced (Cotton 1954).
A B M'Hardy 1906; V G Childe 1946; M A Cotton 1954.
There is no trace of any vitrifaction or structure on Eilean Port nam Muirach, a conical islet with an uneven summit measuring c.16.0m by c. 10.0m.
On the NE slopes are masses of small stones which look like tumble from a wall, when seen from a distance, but are in fact natural.
Visited by OS (N K B) 1 June 1970.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1331 Text/Publication/Article: McHardy, Lt. Col. A B. 1906. On vitrified forts, with results of experiments as to the probable manner in which their vitrification may have been produced Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 40 1905-6, p.136-50. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 40. 136-50. 148.
- --- SHG2047 Text/Publication/Volume: Childe, V G. 1946. Scotland before the Scots: being the Rhind lectures 1944. 135, No. 33.
- --- SHG288 Text/Publication/Article: Cotton, M A. 1954. 'British camps with timbered-laced ramparts', Archaeol J, Vol. 111, pp 26-105. 75.
- --- 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. 29.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6123 8351 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM68SW |
| Civil Parish | ARISAIG AND MOIDART |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/22532 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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