Archaeology Notes

Event ID 702362

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS58SW 5 5150 8134.

NS 5150 8134. On the south-easternmost part of Quinlochmore, a large isolated ridge, there appears to be the remains of a fort.

Around the edge of the summit, which measures 36.0m NW-SE x 28.0m E-W at its broadest point, a few stones protrude here and there, and may be the remains of a stone wall. There are no indications of any huts or enclosures within the level summit, but patches of rushes may indicate the former existence of such. On the SE, a long natural causeway runs gradually downwards from a break on the edge of the summit - 5.0m wide - a possible entrance. At the NW end of the summit is another break 4.0m wide, on either side of which is the slight appearance of an earth-and-stone bank, 0.3m high internally. There is a sharp scarp 3.0m high at this point, followed by a fairly level stretch, 8.0m broad, to the N. This leads to an outer defence-work in the form of a bank 1.0m high with an outer ditch 2.0m deep. This ditch has been cut through rock and runs across the saddle which divides the whole ridge. The earth-and- stone bank which accompanies the ditch is about 26.0m long, and gradually tapers off towards the SE to form a natural terrace. A small level area 5.7m broad, with no traces of a bank or wall round its edge, lies 3.0m below the steep scarp of the fort on the E. All the remains, except the outer ditch and bank, are vague, but the whole is characteristic of a small stone-walled fort.

Visited by OS (J L D) 1 April 1957.

This is undoubtedly the remains of a fort and is as described in the previous field report.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (S F S) 13 November 1975.