Reference

Date 1963

Event ID 976574

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

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This fort occupies a slight eminence protruding from the NE flank of Culteuchar Hill 3/4 mile SW of Ecclesiamagirdle on the gloomy N slopes of the Ochils. It was excavated in 1891, when the walls were found to contain the sockets of beams preserved entire; no further details were recorded of this vitally interesting structure. The inner of the two walls encloses an area measuring 180 ft (54.9m) by 80 ft (24.4m), but the plan is confused by the presence of a length of straight wall which pierces the E end of the fort near the entrance and runs through the inner wall for some distance into the centre. In this it recalls to a lesser degree the through wall at Knock Farril (NH55NW 10). Several outworks defend the easiest approach from the hillside to the S.

R W Feachem 1963.