Hill Park

NM80NW 33 8294 0682.

The slight remains of what was probably a fort occupy the summit of a narrow grassy knoll 400m NNW of Barbreck House. An area about 60m by 15m is enclosed by a low bank of earth and stones, which fringes the knoll on all sides except the N, where it is protected by a rock outcrop. Only two outer facing-stones and no inner ones survive; fragments of burnt stone and a piece of vitrifaction were found on the NE. The entrance probably lay on the SW, where there is a gap in the walling. On the E side of the entrance the bank is much spread, giving the appearance of a double rampart, but its original form is unclear. The site has been extensively robbed, possibly in connection with the building of Barbreck House.

RCAHMS 1988, visited November 1984.

RCAHMS surveyed Hill Park fort on 08 November 1984 with plane-table and alidade producing a plan at a scale of 1:100. The plan of the fort was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1988a, 167).

The remains of a heavily-robbed fort are situated on an elongated hillock NW of Barbreck House. Its wall has been reduced to little more than a low spread of stones around the fringes of the summit, enclosing a crescent-shaped area measuring about 60m from NE to SW by a maximum of 15m transversely (0.06ha). Two outer facing-stones and a single piece of vitrifaction are visible on the NE. The entrance is at the SW end, and is possibly flanked on the SE by an additional arc of wall, but the remains are too heavily robbed to be certain of its original character.

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2552