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Excavation
Date March 2015 - April 2015
Event ID 1025170
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1025170
Partial excavation of this fort by Glasgow University in 2015 (Poller 2015) did not reveal any stratigraphic relationship between any of the lines of defence nor any evidence of contemporary buildings. Structural features of the defences included a slot at the front of the outer bank which probably held some form of timber revetment, and there is a suggestion that the ditch accompanying the middle wall/bank was re-cut. More significantly, the wall of the summit enclosure was shown to overlie a layer that was charcoal- and ash-rich, an indication of activity on the summit prior to the construction of the wall. The excavation also found structural remains of the 19th century summerhouse that is depicted at the NW end of the fort on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Perthshire 1866, Sheet XCVIII.7), and artefacts that pertained to its use.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (JRS) 15 August 2017.
