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Field Visit
Date 20 July 1956
Event ID 924960
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/924960
Fort, Law Hill
An important, though much wasted, multi-walled contour fort of Kaimes Hill type. As it is not on the Ordnance Survey map, a plan should be made for record purpose s as soon as possible , but good air-photographs are required t o elucidate the situation at the northern end where there appear to be at least 6 lines of defence, i.e. triple walls and a series of 3 earthen ramparts outside them. The hut circles pencilled in on the 6-in OS map are stone-walled and measure up to 40 ft in diameter internally. They are so widely scattered, however, that it is doubtful if they have any connection with the fort (which itself shows no trace of dwellings). The excavation of one of these huts by Mrs Stewart is referred to, under Arnbathie, in the Scottish Regional Group’s Annual Report for 1950.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 20 July 1956
