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Note
Date 22 January 2016 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1045220
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045220
This fort is situated on the NE end of a low ridge that extends NE from East Muirdean. Lozenge-shaped on plan, with flattened sides and rounded ends, it measures about 150m from NE to SW by 75m transversely (1ha) within two ditches set about 5m apart; the ditches are some 4m in maximum breadth, and a third has been drawn around the SW end, which is the most accessible part of the circuit approached along the crest of the ridge. Allowing for the presence of an inner rampart the interior encloses about 0.8ha and a series of dark irregular marks along its SE side probably indicates the remains of extensive occupation deposits and structures. A single entrance is situated in the middle of the NE end, and though there is a possible gap in the cropmarks at the W angle of the enclosure, this coincides with the edge of the field and may be an edge effect in the crop; if there was a second entrance it is perhaps more likely to have been in the centre of the belt of three ditches on the crest of the ridge.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4021
