Archaeology Notes

Event ID 684698

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO21NW 12 2334 1714.

(NO 234 172). This fort, formerly known as 'The Ring', is situated on the summit of Black Cairn Hill. It is oval in outline, bounded by a single stone wall, and measures internally 405' (123.5m) by 320' (97.5m). For a distance of 160' (48.8m) on the N side, where it skirted the base of a rock outcrop, the wall has completely vanished, and elsewhere it is reduced to a mere rickle of stones, a few facing stones which are still in position at the NE end indicate, however, that it was c.10' (3m) wide. Two gaps in the wall, on the NW and SE sides may represent original entrances, but the interior shows no signs of structures.

RCAHMS 1933; Information in RCAHMS typescript, 22 June 1954.

A fort generally as described by RCAHM, except that the NW gap may be modern.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 20 May 1970.