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MHG5020 - Fort - Ullinish

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NG33NW 6 3173 3740.

(NG 3173 3740) Fort (NR)
OS 6"map, (1969)

A fort comprising the remains of a curving wall drawn across the landward side of a cliff girt coastal promontory. The wall abuts onto the cliff at each end and no attempt has been made to continue it round the promontory nor to block one or two places of easy access which makes the position relatively weak. Although the outer wall face is visible intermittently, no definite inner facing stones are evident, but judging by the debris, the wall appears to have been generally 2.0m thick, perhaps expanding to about 2.5m near its centre. The entrance is about 10.0m from the S end of the wall. The outer end of the S side is defined by three stones on edge, but the N side is destroyed and the width cannot be ascertained. The interior is featureless.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 November 1971 and (A S P) 2 June 1961; RCAHMS 1928.

The site was Scheduled in 1960.

The site was visited in April 2015 by S Wood and I Ralston as part of a general survey of forts on Skye as part of the fieldwork for the former’s PhD research: This promontory fort appears to be larger and more heavily defended than apparent from the OS report (1971). A considerable rampart stretches along the E side of a large promontory from sheer cliff on the S to a smaller, 2–3m high, cliff on the N. This northern side has been described by the OS investigator as a place of easy access, making the position weak; however, considerable amounts of scree lie at the bottom of this cliff, suggesting that a rampart may have once stretched further to the N than currently visible. The interior measures 4085m² and is mostly flat, making this one of the largest forts on Skye. <1>

Aspects of the site are discussed by S Wood in his PhD dissertation. <2>

This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3172 3740 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG33NW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	BRACADALE

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