Publication plan of Devonshaw Hill fort and enclosure. Scanned image of photographic copy.

Description Publication plan of Devonshaw Hill fort and enclosure. Scanned image of photographic copy.

Date 1976

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 573173

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of LAD 137/2 P

Scope and Content Fort, Devonshaw Hill, Lanarkshire This fort occupies a rocky knoll on the south-west spur of Devonshaw Hill. Oval on plan, it has two ramparts, the outer of which can no longer be traced around the E. The stances of at least five timber round-houses can be seen within the interior. The plan shows the defences of the fort and the grooves and platforms defining the stances of the timber round-houses within the interior. The small enclosure to the NE may be a prehistoric settlement, but the banks to the SE are of unknown date. Large numbers of forts are found throughout the Border counties and into Lanarkshire. Most were occupied in the middle centuries of the first millennium BC and many, as here, contain surface traces of the stances of timber round-houses. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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