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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661012
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661012
NH52SW 4 5263 2387
Not to be confused with fort at NH 5268 2394, for which see NH52SW 2.
At NH 5263 2382, on the W shoulder of a cliff-girt ridge named Dun Dearduil, and about 80.0m from the fort occupying the summit of the ridge (see NH52SW 2) is another fort, described by Wallace (T Wallace 1910) as a circular enclosure of stones. It measures overall 31.5m NE-SW by 26.0m transversely, with the outer face of unhewn blocks visible for almost the whole of the periphery, surviving to two courses and a maximum height of 0.9m. Little remains of the wall core suggesting robbing, but within the fort in the S arc are three stones in line, which may be inner facing stones, suggesting a wall thickness of 4.7m. No entrance can be seen, and the interior is featureless.
Surveyed at 1/10,000
Enlargement at 1/1250.
Visited by OS (N K B) 10 April 1970
(NH 5263 2387) Fort (NR) (siting symbol)
OS 1/10,000 map, (1972)
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS 19 January 1979
