Archaeology Notes

Event ID 707806

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS98NE 1 9711 8992.

(NS 9711 8992) Fort (NR)

OS 6" map, (1948)

Fort: In Castlehill Wood is a small plateau of very regular oval form with its major axis NW-SE. Surrounded by a single ditch it measures 185' x 135'. At the SE the ditch has been left uncut in order to provide a passage for the entrance. This has been about 20' wide and at its inner end there are on either side faint traces of a low mound, which in all probability once ran right round the edge of the enclosure, and which may have been palisaded.

RCAHMS 1933.

This oval earthwork is situated in a thick wood on low-lying ground. A ditch can be traced round most of its perimeter, but is scarcely discernible on the W; vegetation rendered close examination of this difficult. As stated above, a causewayed entrance can be seen on the SE. It does not have the appearance of being a defensive work.

Visited by OS (J L D) 3 July 1953.

Generally as described, although the earthwork has been further mutilated by forestry operations and cannot be classified with any certainty.

Visited by OS (D W R) 20 May 1974.

An unclassifiable earthwork

Visited by RCAHMS (J B S) 22 October 1984.