Field Visit
Date 14 August 1967
Event ID 608094
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/608094
Castle Hill, according to Dr Simpson (information from Dr W D Simpson, Kings College Library, Aberdeen) is a motte, encircled by a wide ditch and outer rampart, save in the N side where it is destroyed by landslip. The ditch is generally 6.0m wide and 1.7m deep; the outer bank is about 6.0m wide and 1.5m high.
The hill is mutilated by paths, benches, and on the summit by an ornamental cross-base (See NJ56NW 9).
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 14 August 1967.
