Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686038

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO23NE 8 2576 3603 to c.2607 3606.

(NO 2576 3603) Castle of Dores (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1959)

For burial and possible cist found about 1768 on the E flank of the hill, see NO23NE 14.

The Castle of Dores was situated on the summit of the Hill of Dores; it is traditionally said to have been a residence of Macbeth. Great quantities of ashes have been found at various places on this hill, as well as at the site of the Castle. They are thought to be from beacon fires.

About 1768, workmen quarrying on the E side of the hill, close to the side of the new road (Bully Quarry: NO 2607 3606) found a pit 3' square cut in the solid rock; it contained some half consumed human bones of a soft consistency.

Name Book 1860; Statistical Account (OSA) 1796