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Note
Date 26 January 2016 - 4 August 2016
Event ID 1045236
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045236
The remains of this fortification are situated low down on the SW flank of Wrunklaw, on a sloping promontory formed between the steep slope dropping down to the N bank of the Dye Water and a shallow stream gully descending obliquely across the hillside. The site of a farmstead during the late 18th century, which was itself superseded by a shepherd's cottage in the early 19th century, the promontory is occupied by the footings of a series of rectangular buildings and attached yards, but on the NW these override two ramparts and ditches set some 27m apart. These bar access from the NW and the inner may also extend along the SW flank down to the tip of the promontory, enclosing a D-shaped area measuring about 70m from NW to SE along the chord by a maximum of 50m transversely (0.25ha). The outer ditch, which is over 10m broad by 3.5m in depth is visible only on the SW of a central entrance, but at the SW margin of the promontory it opens into an irregular gash that plunges down the slope to the very bottom of the valley. The precise origin of this feature is unclear, cutting across the line of a terraced trackway obliquely mounting the slope; indeed, traces of three trackways can be seen on the slope immediately below the interior, and though their precise relationship to the inner rampart is ambiguous, this appears to have been a long-standing point of access into the interior.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 04 August 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4039
