Field Visit
Date 23 March 2000
Event ID 925323
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/925323
NT71SW 15
Stony Law
Fort
NT 73022 11560
This site was recorded as part of the Kale Water Survey project and is largely as described previously on the date of visit.
Occupying the summit of Stony Law there is a fort, the SE side of which has been removed by quarrying. The surviving fort would have originally been roughly circular on plan, measuring 102m NE to SW by about 96m transversely within double ramparts. There is no entrance apparent. At least four ring-ditch houses can be seen within the fort, with the possible remains of at least three others visible as roughly circular platforms. The ring-ditch houses measure up to 9.3m in diameter over shallow ditches up to 1.8m in breadth; those in the N quadrant of the fort appear to show phasing in their construction. The house at NT 73021 11573 is overlain by that to the N (NT 73020 11581), which in turn is overlain by the house to the E (NT73029 11583).
(KALE99 252-258)
Visited by RCAHMS (MFTR) 23 March 2000, with additional information from RCAHMS (BM) 18 June 2012
