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Field Visit

Date 10 June 1976

Event ID 1100758

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1100758

There are the remains of a bivallate Iron Age fort on the summit of the Hill of Dores. Presumably the tradition concerning a castle of Macbeth arose from this; there is no trace of a castle.

The fort is mutilated by tree growth, and both ramparts are reduced to outward facing earthen scarps which encircle the rim of the summit. It measures some 90.0m NE-SW by 60.0m internally. A counterscarp to the inner defence is visible in the SE arc, 0.2m high, and also on the outer defence in the W arc to a height of 0.4m, where the rampart joins the steep natural slopes which skirt the S side of the fort. Due to the denuded nature of the feature, no entrance can be seen; the easiest means of approach are from the E and W. There is no evidence of structures within the fort.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (NKB) 10 June 1976

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