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Note
Date 14 January 2015 - 30 May 2016
Event ID 1044211
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044211
This fortification, which occupies a precipitous stack that forms a coastal promontory on the W coast of the peninsular running down to Harlosh Point, comprises two elements: a later dun occupying the ENE end of the stack; and an earlier fort enclosing its whole summit. The dun is oval on plan, measuring 24m from ENE to WSW by 12m transversely over a wall up to 2.8m in thickness where it is preserved with both faces on the E; the outer end of the entrance passage is visible on the NE and the base course of the outer face forms its threshold. The remains of the earlier fort comprise a heavily robbed wall, which is most clearly visible on the W, where a band of rubble can be traced round the edge of the stack, but can also been detected outside the dun on the E. This wall encloses an area measuring about 43m from ENE to WSW by 12m transversely (0.04ha). Access to the entrance of the entrance to the dun was gained via a cleft in the N side of the stack, in which one step of a stair still remains in place. The interior of the fort is featureless, but a circular structure some 3m in internal diameter is probably built against the inner face of the dun wall.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 30 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2691
