Note
Date 13 October 2015 - 17 August 2016
Event ID 1044919
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044919
This fort occupies the summit of Blyth Hill, from which the ground falls away steeply everywhere except the NE. Oval on plan, its interior measures about 70m from NE to SW by 40m transversely, and its defences comprise up to four concentric ramparts, though only the innermost completes the circuit along the steep SE flank. Elsewhere, the rampart is accompanied by an external ditch and a second rampart, and the third and fourth ramparts likewise flank a medial ditch. There are three entrances, on the NE, SW and NW respectively, the last opening into a series of shallow quarried scoops at the rear of the inner rampart on the NE side of the gap; the interior is otherwise featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 17 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3626
