Note
Date 11 May 2015 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1044527
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044527
This small fortification occupies a sheer-sided promontory jutting out from the W face of the Glen Ericht gorge. Its defences comprise a low bank some 3.5m in thickness facing onto and external ditch 4m in breadth by 1.6m in depth, which cuts across the neck of the promontory at the fott of the slope dropping into the edge of the gorge on the W. A central causeway in the bottom of the ditch on the W probably marks the position of the entrance The interior measures about 22m from E to W by 18m transversely, containing a rectangular scoop immediately to the rear of the defences on the S, and a rectangular building at the edge of the cliff on the E; the latter measures 6m from NNE to SSW by 4m transversely within walls 1.1m in thickness. Traditionally this is the site where Lady Lindsay, Janet Gordon of Huntly (died 1489X1491) was incarcerated, and it is likely that these are the remains of some medieval stronghold.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3044
