Lossit Point
Lossit Point is a cape on the west coast of the Hebridean island of Islay . It is located in the southwest of the island on the Rhinns of Islay peninsula about four kilometers north of Portnahaven . The closest village is the small settlement Lossit . Lossit Point forms the northern boundary of Lossit Bay . The cape protrudes about 400 m from the island's land mass into the Atlantic Ocean . It rises with its rocky coast over 30 m above the sea surface.
Although the cape is uninhabited today, there are various traces of earlier settlement from different epochs at Lossit Point. There is a dun on the south coast along Lossit Bay . This was created in the rock directly on the coast and measures about eight meters. It is surrounded by a wall between 2.7 m and 3.5 m thick, which has been largely destroyed today. There was once a fort at Lossit Point . This was secured by a wall about 60 m long, which separated the tip of the cape with an area of about 160 m × 140 m. The wall is still partially preserved up to a height of 1.70 m, but it has largely collapsed and is recognizable as a strip several meters wide in the landscape. To the west of the entrance is the D-shaped floor plan of a building that could have been a guardhouse. No other buildings can be seen on the grassy area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on Lossit in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry on Dun na Faing in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 43 ′ 7 " N , 6 ° 30 ′ 17" W.