Reference

Date 19 July 1972

Event ID 589733

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/589733

The Devil's Cauldron (J K Hewison 1893) or The Cauldron (DoE) is classified by Cruden as a "ring-fort" of late Iron Age or Dark Age date. It is situated beneath a precipitous ridge 70ft high. Its wall, composed of massive drystone blocks was about 5ft high and 8ft thick in 1960 enclosing an oval area 33ft 7ins x 31ft. The entrance in the SSE, is 4ft broad, and narrows as it reaches the interior. It is not unlikely that this was the fort of the chieftain who, in about the sixth century, gave land and perhaps the fort itself to the new monastery.

Information from OS (IF) 19 July 1972