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Note
Date 16 February 2015 - 31 May 2016
Event ID 1044172
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044172
This fortification occupies a steep-sided and precipitous promontory on the coast NE of Helmsdale. A pear-shaped area on the summit of the promontory, which measures about 60m from NW to SE by up to 35m transversely (0.17ha), tapers into a angle where the ground drops away into a narrow neck on the NW. Here it is defended by an earth and stone rampart up to 4.5m in thickness by 2m in height, though the bank quickly reduces to no more than 2m and 0.5m respectively to either side before petering out on the margin of the summit. Further protection is provided by a second rampart and ditch cutting across the landward end of the neck; this rampart is up to 2m in height and its ditch 6m in breadth by 2m in depth. The interior is featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2821
