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Note
Date 15 July 2014 - 16 November 2016
Event ID 1044737
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044737
This fort is situated on a local summit along a low ridge, from which the ground falls away sharply along the southern flank towards Hallowshean Farm. Oval on plan, its perimeter is defined by what was once probably a continuous inner rampart with an external ditch, though the ditch is clearly visible only on the E and peters out on both the N and S; on the W, where the ground falls away into a shallow saddle, both have been obliterated by cultivation. Additional protection on the easily accessible E flank is provided by another rampart and ditch, and outside this a third rampart and ditch, which on the southern margin of the ridge is also accompanied by a counterscarp bank. The interior measures about 79m from E to W by 49m transversely (0.3ha), but it has been cultivated and is featureless. The present entrance is on the E, though the gap through the inner two ramparts here appears to be relatively recent; for what it is worth, no gap is shown here on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map, but it does appear on John Smith's plan of 1893 (Smith 1895, 199-200, fig 270).
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 16 November 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1232
