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Note
Date 8 July 2014 - 23 May 2016
Event ID 1044722
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044722
This fort is situated on a hillock midway between the points where Glen Sannox and North Glen Sannox enter the sea. Pear-shaped on plan, its E flank is formed by the cliff-edge that was once the shoreline, while elsewhere two ramparts can be traced in an arc from the NW side of the hillock round to the S to enclose an area measuring about 62m from N to S by 45m transversely (0.21ha). The ramparts appear relatively flimsy, having been largely reduced to two roughly concentric scarps 1m high and set between 3.5m and 5.5m apart, but the remains of an outer face can be traced for a distance of 15m along the outer on the N, and vitrifaction has been observed in the core of the inner. The position of the entrance is unknown, though the ramparts peter out short of the cliff-edge on the SE, and the interior is featureless. A trench was excavated across the line of the defences on the S, not only discovered vitrifaction in the core of the inner rampart, but also disclosed evidence of burning in the outer (Paton 1928, 241).
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 23 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1149
