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Latitude: 58.2694 / 58°16'10"N
Longitude: -3.3817 / 3°22'54"W
OS Eastings: 319044
OS Northings: 932029
OS Grid: ND190320
Mapcode National: GBR L60W.3N7
Mapcode Global: WH6F9.0DYX
Entry Name: Latheronwheel House,promontory fort 1100m SE of
Scheduled Date: 9 December 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5182
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
A prehistoric promontory fort on a sea stack joined to the mainland cliff by a narrow causeway. The fort is formed by a rampart on the sea stack. This is up to 2m high and has an entrance in the centre. There are possible traces of an outer rampart on the mainland, although these are less clearly defined. Within the inner defences are 3 or 4 scooped sub-circular huts.
The 3 most clearly defined huts are about 4 by 3m, 6 by 4m and 7 by 5m in size. The area to be scheduled measures 70m NW-SE by 70m SW-NE, to include both lines of rampart and internal hut platforms, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric defensive architecture. The internal huts may indicate temporary or permanent occupation of the fort and provide important evidence for the domestic life and economy of the community which built the fort.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as ND 13 SE 55.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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