Field Visit
Date August 1991
Event ID 1123126
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1123126
NT09NE 2 0762 9650
For cairn within the fort, see NT09NE 4.
This large fort occupies the whole of the summit area of Dumglow, although the main defences, which comprise up to four ramparts with intermediate ditches, extend across the crest of the hill in a gentle arc to the E of the OS triangulation station. They cut off an area measuring about 150m from E to W by 120m transversely (c1.4ha), at the W end of the summit area, and are pierced by a single entrance close to the crags on the S. However, there are also traces of at least one rampart extending around the E end of the summit area, suggesting the presence of a much larger enclosure of about 3.75ha. This rampart has been reduced to little more than a low stony bank which can be traced along the edge of a shallow gully on the ESE, and there are also traces of a second stony bank on the slope below. The only feature visible within the fort is the burial cairn beneath the OS triangulation pillar.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) August 1991.
