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Excavation
Date 1 August 2011 - 21 August 2011
Event ID 964763
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/964763
NN 9802 1153 As part of the SERF project an excavation and survey was undertaken 1–21 August 2011. A topographic survey of the fort, with readings taken at least every 2m, was undertaken using a Leica 407 Total Station. A single trench, 30m long by 2 wide, was then excavated across the most well-defined area of the ramparts on the S side of Ben Effrey Hillfort.
The outermost rampart consisted of an earthen bank made of material excavated from an outer ditch. A narrow palisade trench discovered under the back of the rampart suggested that a timber structure would have supported this rampart during construction. The foundation of the middle rampart was composed of huge boulders packed with redeposited natural. The upper part of this rampart had been heavily disturbed and some of the stone core had collapsed downslope. The innermost rampart was composed of boulders carefully knitted together with smaller stones. Pockets of charcoal and ash amongst the stones in the core suggested that timber was also used within the rampart. Traces of a rough cobble surface were recorded immediately behind the inner rampart in the interior of the fort.
Archive: University of Glasgow (currently) and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Historic Scotland and University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow, 2011
