Field Visit
Date 12 October 2010
Event ID 1013539
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013539
This fort, occupying the highest point of a rocky ridge, is protected by sea cliffs on the NW and SW, and by steep slopes on the E. The easiest access was probably from the N, along the spine of the ridge which rises in a series of terraces. Here the approach is barred by a wall largely reduced to a band of rubble 2m thick, though the remains of an outer face can be traced, linking exposed (and apparently modified) outcrops and standing up to 0.6m high. The wall starts at the cliff edge at NM 36193 91963 and runs E for 5m before turning to the S, where it can be followed intermittently as a grass-grown rubble band linking outcrops, to reach the cliffs defining the S end of the fort at NM 36184 91874. The triangular area thus enclosed measures about 80m from N to S by up to 45m transversely. A gap in the wall immediately S of the NE corner may be an entrance. No structures were recorded within the fort.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB, ARG) 12 October 2010.
