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Desk Based Assessment

Date 12 August 1970

Event ID 727235

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/727235

NX54NE 1 5870 4933.

(NX 5870 4933) Doon (NR)

OS 6" map (1957)

In 1951, nothing remained of this fort which was situated on the summit of a narrow ridge with a steep drop of 30' to the NW, and 8' to SE. It is described in 1911 as having two ramparts and ditches, measuring internally 100' NE-SW by 65' transversely. At the S corner a 10' wide roadway opened on a hollow in the interior, around the inner side of which there appeared some building. At the NE end the ditches were 20' wide and 8' and 11' deep, while at the SW they were c.26' wide and 6' and 5'3" deep.

Information from OS (IF) 12 August 1970

Sources: RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; TS. 15 June 1951

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