Note
Date 14 January 2015 - 30 May 2016
Event ID 1044218
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044218
This fort is situated on a narrow precipitous ridge forming the summit of Beinn Dhubh, a commanding position with a particularly wide outlook. For the greater part of the circuit on the northern and western flanks the interior is bounded only by the cliff-edge, but two walls have been drawn across the more accessible SE approach and the inner returns along the SW flank. The inner is 3.5m in thickness at the entrance in the middle of the SE side, but is largely reduced to a scree of rubble about 1.8m high, while the outer is about 1.6m in thickness. The entrance pierces both walls, the inner measuring 1.9m in width, and the outer 2.1m. The pear-shaped interior, which tapers towards the NW, measures 40m in length by a maximum of 23m in breadth (0.08ha). The only feature within the interior is a large cairn erected in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 30 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2698
