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Latitude: 55.3266 / 55°19'35"N
Longitude: -5.6389 / 5°38'19"W
OS Eastings: 169266
OS Northings: 609652
OS Grid: NR692096
Mapcode National: IRL XF.XRZB
Mapcode Global: GBR DGGM.MW1
Entry Name: Cnoc Araich, fort N of High Machriemore
Scheduled Date: 1 April 1975
Last Amended: 14 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3648
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Southend
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: South Kintyre
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a prehistoric hillfort which is situated on a hill spur overlooking High Machriemore to the south.
The monument is irregular in shape and measures 220m E-W by 240m N-S. The hillfort defences consist of at least three rings of ramparts and ditches, which are exceptionally well-preserved on the northern and western sides. The interior of the fort has been cultivated in the past.
The monument is being rescheduled because the original scheduling did not cover the full extent of the monument. The area now to be scheduled measures 240m E-W by 250m N-S, and runs up to but does not include the present fence line which encloses the monument on the N, W and S sides, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well preserved example of an unusually large prehistoric enclosed settlement, which has the potential to increase considerably our understanding of prehistoric domestic life and defensive architecture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS record the site as NR60NE 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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