Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713019

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT26NW 20 2452 6620.

(NT 2452 6620) A fort situated in a strong defensive position on the summit of a 20-30' high knoll to the E of Caerketton Hill, c. 1100' OD. It has consisted of an inner wall, marked only by a line of outer facing stones, untrimmed boulders c. 18" long, one course high on the N side, with a little stony core elsewhere, with an exterior wall or rampart on its more vulnerable western half: this lattter may have continued on its eastern side, but no trace is visible except for a terrace lying 15' below the inner wall on the W and S. The fort has been robbed of its stone and subsequently cultivated. The entrance on the N is probably original, but the gap on the E is more likely to be due to cultivation. The interior is featureless except for an oval depression which may be the site of a hut, and some slight traces of a quarry terrace behind the inner wall. This was doubtless a continuous feature.

RCAHMS TS, 12 April 1956

The remains of this fort are generally as described, except that no trace of facing stones or internal features can now be seen.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 6 January 1970

No change to previous information.

Visited by OS (BS) 8 December 1975

NT 245 662 A coarse stone tool was recovered from the W rampart of the small hillfort at Hillend and donated to NMS (HH 972).

F Hunter 1999