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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 711169
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/711169
NT14SE 3 1684 4212
(NT 1684 4212) Settlement (NR)
OS 6" map (1963).
On the comparatively steep E flank of Hog Hill there is a fort measuring internally 210' by 160'. It has been enclosed by two continuous ramparts (A and B), which are separated by a dtich, while a third rampart (C), with an external ditch, has been added round the uphill (W) half only. Ramparts A and B have been largely destroyed by erosion and by a modern quarry on the E, but in other places the remains are still impressive. On the N the crest of rampart A is 5' in height internally and 9'6" in height externally, measured from the bottom of the ditch, while rampart B is 7' in height internally and 5' in height externally. Gaps in both the NE and SSE sectors of the ramparts probably represent original entrances.
The third rampart (C) is best preserved on the W, where it is 6' in height internally and 5' in height externally, measured from the bottom of the ditch, while the counterscarp of the ditch is 8' in height. On the WSW, rampart C diverges from its course to avoid two platforms, the upper of which (D) is bordered on the front by a scarp, and the lower (E) by the remains of a bank. These are presumably house platforms, constructed after all the space inside the fort defended by ramparts A and B was occupied, and subsequently given a measure of protection by the addition of rampart C.
The interior, which is slightly hollowed, contains several house platforms, as well as floors on different levels which may also have supported timber houses.
(Information from R W Feachem notebook 1959, 126)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1959
The position of this earthwork suggests that it was a defended settlement of two phases rather than a fort.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 19 July 1971
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
(Undated) information in OS Archaeology Branch records.
