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Field Visit
Date 5 August 1908
Event ID 1088464
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088464
159. Fort, The Chesters.
This construction (fig. 82) is situated beside the farm of that name and to the west of it, at an elevation of 500 feet above sea-level. The area has been frequently under cultivation, and the defences have been much destroyed. An inner rampart and a ditch, about 65 feet across and about 5 feet deep, remain apparent on the south, continuing in a curve westward for about 100 yards. The enclosure seems to have been circular with an approximate diameter of 200 feet, following on the north and northwest the edge of the bank on the top of which it is situated.
The remains about 1/3 mile north of The Chesters, marked on the O.S. map as a fort, are of doubtful origin.
See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 150.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 15th August 1908.
OS Map: Ber., xxii, NW.
