
What is recorded here
Ardfert and Tirefour both wore castle names while behaving like broch anchors, yet neither admits a straightforward purpose. The name alone would suggest a fortress, but the shape resists that claim. Both places may have served as coastal markers, ritual sites or seasonal shelters instead of military strongholds. The contradiction between name and function is the interesting part.
Tirefour Castle, Broch is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Argyll and Bute. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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