Note
Date 8 December 2014 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1044472
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044472
This fort is situated on the edge of the precipitous descent down into Glen Lyon above Balnacraig. D shaped on plan, with its chord formed by the natural escarpment on the E and SE, the interior of the fort measures about 73m from NE to SW by 58m transversely (0.33ha). The defences comprise an arc of three concentric ramparts, each reduced to little more than a scarp, but forming a belt 22m deep. In 1957 RCAHMS investigators identified a gap through all three ramparts on the W as the probable entrance. The interior, which has been planted with trees is featureless, and when the OS visited in 1975 forestry ploughing had overridden the outermost rampart.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2626
