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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Rigg Promontory FortCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 9.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Skye Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Portree Nearest Village: Staffin
Map Ref: NG52375790
Latitude: 57.543203N Longitude: 6.139878W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Isle of Skye
The scant remains of Rigg Promontory Fort stand on a small, triangular coastal promontory, over 100 metres below the car-park area at NC521581, and guarded by 15 metre high cliffs on two sides. Access is not for the faint-hearted: the approach to Rigg Fort is down a very steep slope covered by grass and short bracken. Stout boots are a necessity, as are experience in such terrain and good fitness (you have to climb back up about 120 metres to get back to the car-park).
The fort now consists solely of a stout wall, some three metres wide and about half a metre in height, stretching between cliffs to north and south, which would once have barred access to the level area beyond. All that remains is the foundation level, with well preserved outer and inner courses. The entrance is indicated by a gap between the southwest end of the wall and the adjacent deep gulley.
Rigg is in some respects similar to Dun Grugaig at Glasnakille where, again, a small peninsula is protected by a stout wall (in this case reaching some four metres tall in one place).
For more information see Canmore ID 74714.
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