Note
Date 20 December 2013 - 23 May 2016
Event ID 1045530
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045530
This curious and undated earthwork cannot be classified as a fort as such, but occupying the crest of a promontory jutting out into Milton Loch it evidently retains some measure of defence in its perimeter. An elongated oval on plan, it measures 72m from E to W by 18m transversely (0.12ha) within a bank standing 0.9m high internally and 2.7m externally above the bottom of a concentric ditch, from which it is separated by a narrow berm. The ditch itself appears relatively shallow and is generally some 3.5m broad, but at the W end, where the bank is also more substantial, the counterscarp of the ditch splays outwards to form broad squared terminals facing onto the isthmus on the W to either side of a centrally placed entrance causeway. A second gap in the bank on the N is probably relatively modern.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 23 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC0319
