Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Scheduled Maintenance


Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •

Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00

During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

 

 

Archaeology Notes

Event ID 711710

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/711710

NT16NW 1 13550 66930

See also NN72SW 3, NT17NE 12 and NO32SW 22.

Fort (NR)

OS 6" map (1958).

(NT 135 669) Fort, Dalmahoy Hill. The remains of this fort occupy the twin eminence to that upon which the Kaimes Hill Fort (NT16NW 2) stands. They represent two structural periods, the earlier of which is very difficult to interpret. Briefly, the craggy and uneven hill was enclosed by a system of stone walls which defended an area measuring 1200ft in length by a maximum of about 400ft in width, bordered on the NW by the precipitous face of the hill. The second phase structure is an oval enclosure on the very summit of the hill, which measures 140ft by 85ft. This enclosure must occupy the same ground as did the central feature of the Fort.

While there is no reason to suppose that the earlier works are not of pre-Roman Iron Age date, the period at which the later enclosure was built has not yet been established. There is reason to believe that it may be of post-Roman date, as it belongs to a class of such monuments which are almost always found to overlie pre-Roman forts and which have, in some cases, produced relices of early medieval (Dark Age) date.

A gold stud-cap 1/5 ins in diameter was picked up in the Dalmahoy secondary enclosure, as were several fragments of moulds, all of which can be assigned to that late period. Only excavation could answer the problem satisfactorily.

In the area centred NT 1343 6673 are the remains of a hut circle, with an internal diameter of 19ft. There is an inner facing of stones set on edge. The entrance has been from the east.

RCAHMS 1929; R B K Stevenson 1951; R W Feachem 1963.

This fort is as described above. Feature 'A' on Stevenson's plan cannot be positively identified.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 September 1965

People and Organisations

References