Archaeology Notes
Date 1953 - 1977
Event ID 696574
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/696574
NR92NW 1 9202 2911
(NR 9202 2911) Fort (NR).
OS 1" map, (1960)
NR 9202 2911 Unfinished fort (OS 6" map annotated by A L F Rivet, undated) An oval area of six acres on the summit of Cnoc Ballygown, enclosed by a weak bank and ditch is visible on air photographs. The ditch is up to 1.0m in depth, following the contours and enclosing an area some 900ft NE-SW by 500ft transversely. No entrances were observed, but on the N side, the easiest approach, there were several poorly defined causeways. The bank appears to be composed entirely of earth. On the W side the ground falls steeply away, but no use has been made of this, the ditch being some 50ft further up the hill.
(Visible on OS air photographs 58.980: 3047-9).
Visited by OS (D G B) 24 September 1953.
An unfinished fort generally as described above enclosing an area of about 3.0 hectares, survives as a contour-following terrace 2.0m wide around all but the north-east side. On the south-east and north sides this terrace becomes a shallow waterfilled ditch. There are two adjacent breaks in the N side, but they are too ill-defined to identify as causeways.
The interior rises to a level top which is approximately 10.0m above the terrace.
Surveyed at 1:2500 and at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (B S) 13 October 1977.