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Latitude: 57.5123 / 57°30'44"N
Longitude: -4.2319 / 4°13'54"W
OS Eastings: 266392
OS Northings: 849097
OS Grid: NH663490
Mapcode National: GBR H8XV.XYM
Mapcode Global: WH3F4.YFYV
Entry Name: Ord Hill,fort
Scheduled Date: 17 February 1965
Last Amended: 12 June 2023
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2499
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Knockbain
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument is an extensive prehistoric fort in a hill top location.
An extensive fort encloses an area about 265m NE-SW by 115m NW-SE on the rocky uneven summit of Ord Hill. The wall of the fort is mainly overgrown with turf and trees, but is visible around most of its circuit. The easiest approach is to the SW and this is blocked by 2 curving rubble walls, the outer spread to about 6m and the inner to 8m. There are 2 possible entrances visible on the SW side of the fort.
The scheduled area measures a maximum of 340m SW-NE, by 165m NW-SE, to include the fort and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the fort may survive, as shown in red on the map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute towards an understanding of prehistoric defensive architecture and domestic settlement. The size of this fort suggests that it would have been particularly important in contemporary society.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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