Note
Date 29 April 2015 - 31 May 2016
Event ID 1045669
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045669
The precipitous promontory on the S side of the entrance to North Haven is occupied by a fort defended by at least three and possibly four ditches drawn in an arc across its neck on the WSW. In the central sector the outer ditches have been levelled by cultivation of the adjacent field, and apart from a low internal bank accompanying the outermost, little trace of any of the upcast ramparts remains. Whereas the belt of defences is some 44m in depth, the interior has been heavily eroded, measuring about 60m in length from ENE to WSW but rarely exceeding 8m in breadth, at its widest being no more than 13m (0.08ha). Traces of what is probably a later bank can be seen extending round the margins of the promontory, but the interior is otherwise featureless. The entrance is on the WSW, where a central causeway traverses the ditches.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2987
