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Desk Based Assessment
Date August 1997
Event ID 882716
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882716
This site was not inspected due to its dangerous location, surrounded on all sides by high vertical cliffs. Previous investigations record that the promontory (aligned NE-SW) is enclosed on the landward side by a bank and ditch; the area enclosed measures 60m by 14m. The bank is 6m wide and 0.5m high. In a coastal exposure, the bank was seen to be constructed from soil built over horizontally-coursed slabs. The ditch, 3.5m deep, has a revetted drystone wall against its inner face. Fragments of drystone walling to the SE were thought to be the remains of an enclosure wall around the edge of the promontory.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
