Archaeology Notes

Event ID 691010

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO87SW 16 8171 7027.

(NO 8171 7027) Fort (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1973)

At NO 8171 7027, on the S spur of Gourdon Hill, there are the much reduced remains of a fort or settlement measuring 84.0m NE-SW by 39.0m transversely, enclosed by a turf-covered stony rampart, maximum height about 1.0m, and supplemented by an outer rampart about 0.5m high on the N side across the neck of the spur. The work is defended on the other sides by fairly steep natural slopes. The entrance, 2.0m wide, is in

the NW. Inside, immediately S of the entrance, are the vague footings of a small enclosure about 12.0m across, possibly a hut circle.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visible on AP's (RAF/CPE/Scot/330: 3094-5, flown 1948).

Visited by OS (NKB) 20 December 1967