Treasured Places
Date 13 August 2007
Event ID 553076
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Treasured Places
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/553076
The Iron Age hillfort on Tap O' Noth is one of the largest in Scotland, consisting of 21 ha enclosed by a stone rampart. More than 100 house platforms have been recorded between the rampart and a massive wall that further protects the hill's summit. This stone and timber wall, more than 6m in width and 3m high, is vitrified in places - the stones have fused together through intense, prolonged heat. The extremely high temperatures generated by the burning timbers causes the surrounding stone to melt, and this phenomenon has been observed at many forts. On the summit there is a rock cut well or cistern.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 13 August 2007
RCAHMS 2007
Armit, I 1998
Ritchie, A and Ritchie G, 1998
