Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728900
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NX74NE 5 7547 4555.
(NX 7547 4555) Castleyards (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This small fort occupies a promontory bounded on the E by a ravine, and on the W by the steep face of the heugh. A broad earth and stone rampart has been drawn across the landward side, ending 18' from the E cliffs; thus, a triangular area, 150' along the sides and 155' across the rampart, is enclosed. The rampart which has been considerably broken into, is 20' thick at base, and 3' 6" high. The ground outside has been long under cultivation, and no definite trace of a ditch remains.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
A promontory fort as described by RCAHMS, except there are slight trace of a ditch. The name is not known locally.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 January 1971