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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Torr AintCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.485 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Mull Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: NM44265005
Latitude: 56.572490N Longitude: 6.165175W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Fort, Torr Aint: This fort stands (at a height of 46m OD) on the summit of a steep-sided, isolated ridge 900m SE of Torr a' Chlachain farmhouse, close to ther Salen - Dervaig road. It measures 70m by 32m within a single wall which has been so severely reduced by stone-robbing that virtually no traces now survive on the NE and SW sides. On the NW and SE, however, long stretches of the lowest course of the outer face remain in situ, consisting for the most part of massive boulders, the largest of them measuring 1.2m by 1m and 1.2m in height. the entrance faces NW and is 2.1m wide. Ploughing has encroached over almost the whole of the interior.
Both in its location and construction, this fort closely resembles the neighbouring fort NM45SW 12, situated 1.3 km to the W.
Source: Canmore
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