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Field Visit
Date 25 June 1913
Event ID 1088073
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088073
This fort, known as ‘The Chesters’, is situated at an elevation of 600 feet above sea-level, on the summit of a hill on Spott Farm. To the west the hill slopes away suddenly, but round the other sides the ground is undulating, and the whole area has long been under regular cultivation. The fort, which is circular with an internal diameter of some 352 feet, is defended by two concentric earthen ramparts 80 feet apart from crest to crest. Both the ramparts have been considerably widened by agricultural operations, and, towards the south-east, the inner rampart is now some 60 feet broad, rising 4 ½ feet on the inside and 7 ½ feet on the outside, while the outer rampart is 45 feet broad, 3 feet high on the inside and 4 ½ feet high on the outside. Between the ramparts there has been an excavated ditch more than 30 feet broad, the- bottom of which is now only 1 foot below the natural level of the ground. On the northwestern arc, where there is a steep slope, the top of the inner rampart is 20 feet higher than the outer, which has been reduced to a mere scarp by the plough. There are three broad entrances, some 24 feet wide, through the inner rampart; the first, to the east-south-east, shows a gap in the outer rampart, while the intermediate ditch at this part has not been excavated and so provides a roadway; the second, to the west, shows evidence of having a corresponding gap in the outer rampart; but there is no opening in the outer defence opposite the gap on the north-west of the inner line.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 25 June 1913.
