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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685485

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/685485

NO21SW 14 2463 1016.

(NO 2463 1016) Fort (NR)

OS 6"map, Fife, (1920)

Fort, Dunshelt Plantation, situated on low-lying ground which was originally marshy but was later drained and planted. Subsequent removal of the trees destroyed the north ern arc. When complete the fort, circular on plan, measured 315ft in diameter from NE - SW and consisted of four well-defined ramparts, averaging about 4 1/2ft in height, with intervening ditches, from 18 to 29ft in width. The outer ditch is flat-bottomed and its appearance suggests that it was originally wet. The entrance is carried over the ditches and narrows from 34ft at the outer rampart to 18ft at the inner. The enceinte lies with its longer axis NW and SE and measures 141 to 120ft. Within, there is a small circular enclosure 45ft in diameter surrounded by a low, widely spread ridge or bank without any break.

RCAHMS 1933.

Situated and low-lying sandy soil, the earthwork is probably a rath, and therefore post-Roman.

Information from Dr K A Steer (RCAHMS)

Earthwork generally as described by the RCAHMS. It is not a fort.

Visited by OS (R D) 31 March 1967.

Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.

Information from RCAHMS air photograph catalogue 1980.

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