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Field Visit
Date 21 October 1963
Event ID 1103451
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103451
Situated at NO 1993 2572 this fort is generally as described by D Christison (1900) except that the weakest ground lies to the North and it is on this side that the series of terraces and ramparts are found, containing on the West side where there is an additional ditch outside the features described by D Christison (1900) here.
From interior to exterior, the maximum heights of the defences are as follows on the North:- First scarp 2.3m, second scarp 1.3m, first rampart (described as a terrace by OS 6"map) 0.6m internal and 2.0m external, second rampart 1.0m internal 1.0m external and the third rampart 1.0m internal and 0.2m external. The slight mound at the top of the natural slopes on the East and South never exceeds 0.2m in height. A gap of 3.0m in this mound in the South seems unlikely to have been an entrance in view of the steep slopes below it. A second slight mound also 0.2m high runs outside the other for a short distance in the SE. The interior of the fort is uneven but does not contain any obvious artificail feature; SE of the main entrance is a large,oval-shaped hollowed area, ill-defined, which may have been an internal feature of the fort. A natural knoll crowns the east side of the fort's interior. Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D L) 21 October 1963.
