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MHG22339 - Possible Fort, Kilchoan

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10ft OD. Set back about 70m from the shore of Inverie Bay and 35m to the N of the Inverie River near its mouth is a "shoe-shaped" enclosure, probably a fortified homestead.
It measures 23m ENE/WSW long and its greatest breadth is 10m and is surrounded by a low bank 1.5 - 2.0m thick and up to 0.3m high. There are two breaks in this bank both 1.5m wide near the W end of the N side and near the E end of the S side. The former matches a break in the surrounding ditch and was probably the entrance, the latter is merely a break in the bank.
Surrounding the enclosure is a ditch 5.0m wide, at the top, 1.5m wide at the bottom, its enclosure side 1.2m high is practically vertical, the opposite side is 0.8m high and slopes steeply. On the top of the outer side of the ditch is a narrow low bank. As abovementioned there was an entrance near the W end of the N side and here both sides of the ditch slope gently. Ref no RCC 96/17. Copy sent to Mallaig Centre 20/5/96, CSA 10/9/96, NMR 6/10/96.
Info from R C Callander field record sheet, May 9, 1996.
Corrected grid reference NM 7763 9901.
A M Fox, Highland Council, 09.01.02

NM79NE 10 775 989

NM 775 989 Near the N bank of Inverie River where it flows into Loch Nevis is a 'shoe-shaped' enclosure measuring over a low bank 23m long ENE-WSW, its greatest breadth 10m. Surrounded by a ditch 5m wide and 1.2m deep, there is an entrance 1.5m wide near the W end of the N side and possibly another near the E end of the S side. A full report, plan and slides have been lodged with the NMRS.
R C Callander 1996

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Grid reference	Centred NM 7762 9900 (70m by 70m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM79NE
Civil Parish	GLENELG
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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