Field Visit
Date 14 May 1993
Event ID 738737
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/738737
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This fort is situated on Blockie Head, a precipitous promontory forming the S side of the entrance into North Haven. The defences, which cut off the landward approach to the promontory, have been partly obscured by the corner of an improved field and the coastal footpath, but arcs of at least three, and possibly four, ditches can be identified, the outermost accompanied by a low internal bank. A central entrance-causeway provided access to the level top of the promontory, which measures 60m in length from ENE to WSW by a maximum of 13m transversely, although for much of its length it is no more than 8m in breadth; in some places, traces of a low bank can be seen along the edge. The fort was first noted in the nineteenth century (Name Book 1872; Pratt 1901), but it was depicted without annotation on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1872, sheet 32), and later removed from the maps entirely.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 14 May 1993.
