Note
Date 21 May 2015 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1044561
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044561
Cropmarks have revealed the site of a fort previously annotated in Roman type 'Site of Camp (Supposed Roman)' on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Forfar 1865, 49.16) and probably the earthwork shown upstanding in this neighbourhood on General Roy's Military Map of Scotland (1747-55). The whole circuit is visible on some of the aerial photographs, variously presenting as cropmarks in wheat or barley and parchmarks in grass, forming a belt 30m deep and comprising four concentric ditches up to 3m in breadth. The plan is irregular, with a rounded W end, but flattened sectors along the length of the N flank and E end, and relatively sharp angles on the NE and SE. The interior, which is featureless, measures about 190m in maximum length from E to W by 110m transversely (1.93ha). At least four possible entrances are visible in the cropmarks on the W, WSW, SW and SE, suggesting that there are probably multiple entrances elsewhere in less well-defined sectors of the circuit.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3069
