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Craig Garten
Fort (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craig Garten
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Craig Garton
Canmore ID 15430
Site Number NH92SE 10
NGR NH 9513 2197
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH92SE 10 9513 2197.
At NH 9513 2197 on Craig Garten, an isolated rocky knoll in an afforested area, are the remains of a fort commanding extensive views to the N and S (Information from G A Dixon, 13 Thirlstone Rd, Edinburgh). It is roughly D-shaped on plan conforming to the summit of the knoll and measures c.20.0m NNE-SSW by c.15.0m transversely within a ruinous stone wall spread to about 2.0m in the N and gradually increasing to c.4.7m at the entrance in the SSW.
The wall has tumbled over the crag in the NW, but outer facing stones are visible intermittently elsewhere with the face standing to a height of three courses in the SSE where it is best preserved. No inner facing stones are evident. The entrance is c.1.8m wide with most of the base stones visible on its E side and two on the W side. There does not appear to be a door check.
Divorced survey at 1/2500
Visited by OS (A A) 16 February 1971.
Note (25 March 2015 - 31 May 2016)
This small fortification occupies the summit of a precipitous boss forming the E spur of Creag Garten. D-shaped on plan, it measures about 20m from NNE to SSW by 15m transversely (0.02ha) within a tumbled wall spread up to 4.7m in thickness adjacent to the entrance on the SSW. Except on the NW, where the wall has fallen over the cliff-edge, the outer face can be traced around most of the circuit, in places standing three courses high, and sufficient of the basal course on both sides of the entrance remain to show that it measures 1.8m wide. The interior is feratureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 31 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2915
