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Note
Date 15 October 2015 - 20 October 2016
Event ID 1044931
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044931
This fort is situated on the crest of the descending between the Lochurd and Hell's Cleuch Burns above Lochurd. Since it was first depicted on the OS 25-inch map (Peebles 1859, sheet 11.4), the fort has been considered to be oval, measuring about 70m from NE to SW by about 50m transversely (0.25ha) within twin ramparts, which had been heavily ploughed down by the time RCAHMS investigators drew up a plan on the ground in 1959. Since then the earthworks have been virtually obliterated, and the defences are now known only from cropmarks, which reveal two broad ditches. These are particularly clearly defined on the SW, and while the NE arc can be faintly detected, there is a strong impression that the SW ditches complete a circular circuit some 50m in diameter. This unexpected complexity to the defences can only be unravelled by further aerial photography or geophysical survey. The interior is featureless and no entrances are visible.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 20 October 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3638
