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MHG73 - Fort - Rubha Aird an Iasgaich

Summary

Site of Fort virtually destroyed through quarrying. Scheduled.

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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.


This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NM 49253 62893 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM46SE
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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