Archaeology Notes

Event ID 721099

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT64SW 3 6227 4178.

(NT 6227 4178) The remains of a circular fort are situated some 1200 yds. NNE of the farmstead of Fans, on a knoll at the south side of Gordon Moss. It has been surrounded by two ramparts with an intervening trench. The western semi-circle has almost been obliterated.

RCAHMS 1915, visited 1911.

This earthwork, possibly a fort, has been circular on plan, the ramparts being 5.0m broad and 9.0m apart.

It is defaced on the west side, but would seem to have measured 50 x 58m.

Visited by OS(JD) 20 May 1955.

The eastern half of this fort remains best preserved on the SE segment. The inner rampart exists mainly as a scarp and the outer fades into a mere course on the north side.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS(WDJ) 14 November 1963.

This alleged fort occupies a low rise in low-lying ground and is generally as previously described. Its W half has been levelled by the plough and since the last report the E half has been quarried by the farmer, who was unaware of the nature of the site.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS/RJCM) 30 September 1993.