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Note
Date 16 October 2015 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1044943
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1044943
This fort occupies the summit of a steep-sided spur on the N of Newby Kipps, from which it is separated by a shallow saddle. Oval on plan, its defences comprise inner and outer enclosures, the inner measuring internally 52m from NNE to SSW by 30m transversely (0.12ha) and containing three circular house-platforms, and the outer 80m by 56m (0.34ha). The ramparts of both circuits are largely reduced to stony scarps, and their are entrance through both on the NNE and S respectively. While RCAHMS investigators in 1961 considered the ramparts too slight to be classified as those of a fort, both have almost certainly been severely reduced by robbing and afforestation in the 19th century. Indeed the siting is not only spectacularly defensive, with steep slopes falling away into deep valleys around three sides, but the ramparts themselves are comparable to the remains of several other enclosures in the area that they did include in the category of fort.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3644
