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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561822
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561822
There are the remains of a medieval fort on a spur of land to the west of The Chesters farmsteading.
Roughly circular on plan, the fort measures 50m in diameter across the interior, and is enclosed by two earthen banks, divided by a broad ditch. On the north and south sides, the ditch and outer bank are no longer visible on the ground.
This earthwork may have surrounded a settlement or an important administrative site. The interior buildings were probably constructed from timber; these have left few traces, either on the ground or in aerial photographs.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
