Note
Date 11 August 2014 - 16 November 2016
Event ID 1044773
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044773
This small fortification encloses the summit of a hillock named Quinlockmore, forming the N spur of the highest part of Quinlock Muir. Kite-shaped on plan, it measures 36m from NW to SE by a maximum of 28m transversely (0.07ha) within a rampart about 3.5m in thickness, though this is largely reduced to a stony scarp up to 3m in height from which several lumps of vitrified rock protrude through the turf. There are entrances on the NW and SE respectively, the latter opening onto a rocky spine that drops gently down into the saddle on this side of the hillpock. On the NW, however, the entrance descends to a natural terrace about 8m broad, along the leading edge of which a second rampart can be traced from the NW round to the E flank of the hillock; on the N it is accompanied by an external rock-cut ditch 2m deep. The interior of the fort is featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 16 November 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1458
