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Note
Date 20 August 2014 - 16 August 2016
Event ID 1044824
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044824
This fortified settlement occupies an elongated hillock at the foot of the S flank of the spur of Castle Hill named Richie Ferry. Oval on plan, its interior measures 85m from ENE to WSW by 43m transversely (0.29ha). On its more vulnerable NW side, facing onto the shallow saddle at the foot of the spur, its earth and stone rampart is up to 6m in thickness by 0.8m in height, apparently built with material quarried from the flank of the hillock to its rear, but on the steeper SE margin it forms little more than a scarp extending along the lip of the summit. There are four entrances, on the ENE, SSE, WSW and NNW respectively, and the remains of at least four round-house platforms and four ring-ditch houses can be seen within the interior.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 16 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC1596
