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Field Visit
Date 18 July 1990
Event ID 1150174
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1150174
NY 1310 9108 NY19SW 9
The remains of this fort are situated at the N end of the ridge known as Broomhillbank Hill, about 220m to the NE of the remains of the palisaded enclosure and fort NY19SW 7. Roughly circular on plan, it measures about 49m in diameter within twin ramparts and a medial ditch. The inner rampart measures up to 8m in thickness and 1m in height, and is accompanied for much of its length by a shallow internal quarry-scoop; the medial ditch is up to 3.3m broad by 0.4m deep, and the outer rampart 5.5m thick by 0.5m high. From the entrance (3.2m wide), which lies on the W, a short stretch of sunken trackway climbs the slope into the interior. There is a relatively recent gap in the defences on the E, while to the N of the entrance the outer rampart has been disturbed. Within the interior of the fort there are the remains of two ring-ditch houses; each measures up to 11m in diameter overall and has an entrance on the W.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, SMF), 18 July 1990.
Listed as fort.
RCAHMS 1997.
