Note
Date 12 June 2014 - 18 October 2016
Event ID 1045591
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045591
Cropmarks have revealed a multivallate fort situated on the N end of a low hillock in the bottom of Annandale immediately S of Greenhillhead steading. Oval on plan, it measures about 75m from N to S by 40m transversely within three concentric ditches, the innermost of which is the broadest and is up to 6m in breadth; allowing for a rampart some 5m in thickness, the interior extends to about 0.15ha. There is at least one entrance through the innermost ditch on the W, but the outer ditches pass it by unbroken, implying that the ditch system represents at least two periods of construction. In addition there are traces of a small ditch immediately within the innermost ditch, and this too is carried across the entrance on the W. A possible second entrance through the innermost ditch can be detected on the ESE, and though the natural markings here obscure the line of the outer defences, the clarity of the rest of their circuit suggests that this is where the entrance through the outer ditches lies. There are no clearly defined features within the interior.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 October 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC0965
