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Archaeology Notes
Date - 1970
Event ID 674984
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/674984
NM80SW 5 8041 0220.
(NM 8039 0219) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A small oval fort, with an internal diameter of 68' x 20' within a probably 10' thick double wall, standing on an isolated ridge in a marsh. Parts of the outer face, which stands to 6' high, have fallen to reveal cross-ties. The inner face stands to 2' high. The entrance has probably been on the N through a semi-natural cleft and the gateway may be complete under tumble. There are possible cells at the gate and the S end.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
Situated on an isolated ridge is a small oval fort measuring c. 31.Om NE-SW x 12.0m over walls from 3.0m to 5.0m wide. Where best preserved on the W, the outer face of the wall survives to a height of 3.0m. The inner face could only be identified on the NE where it stands c. 0.3m high. The position of the entrance could not be ascertained. About 6.0m to the NE is a possible rock-cut ditch c. 4.0m wide which probably supplied the material for the wall.
No trace of any "cells" could be found.
Visited by OS (R D) 24 April 1970.
