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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 678790
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/678790
NN91SE 4 9802 1153
(NN 9802 1152) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A fort on the top of Ben Effrey has natural defences on three sides, particularly on the W which is precipitous. Access is easy from the ridge descending upon it from the S and it is overlooked from the summit D, of a little elevation on the ridge, 250ft from the interior of the fort. The S end was defenced by the parallel drystone walls BC, now cast down 12ft apart and occupying a width of 60ft with an entrance on the SE. The steep faces of the E side and N end show traces of three or four terraces in continuation of the defences.
D Christison 1900.
Generally as described by Christison. The walls defending the south side are now reduced to mere scarps.
Visited by OS (W D J), 15 June 1967.
