Note
Date 2 November 2015 - 1 June 2016
Event ID 1044933
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044933
This fort occupies a promontory formed between the gully of the Clubbidean Burn on the E and what is now the S shore of the Clubbidean Reservoir; another shallow gully drops down to the loch shore on the W. The defences comprise at least two ramparts, each flanked by an external ditch up to 5m in breadth, and the outer possibly with traces of a counterscarp bank, which bar access from the S and W. The inner rampart is apparently separated from the inner lip of its ditch by a berm, but this unusual feature is due perhaps to its demolition rather than the original design, while a narrow flat space between the outer lip of the inner ditch and the outer rampart may indicate that the two represent separate periods of construction. This may explain why there is no gap corresponding with what appears to be an entrance through the outer rampart on the SE, and, if correct, suggests the inner represents a later insertion. The interior, which is featureless, is roughly oval, measuring about 60m from NE to SW by 38m transversely (0.12ha).
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 01 June 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3696
