Easter Torrie
Fort (Prehistoric)
Site Name Easter Torrie
Classification Fort (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) East Torrie
Canmore ID 24393
Site Number NN60SE 3
NGR NN 65766 03979
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24393
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kilmadock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN60SE 3 6575 0398.
(NN 6574 0398) Fort. Easter Torrie. Discovered 1956-8.
Visible on RAF air photograph 106G/Scot/UK/120: 3228-9 and OS 66/97/109, flown 1966.
RCAHMS 1963; 1996
NN 6575 0398 - This fort occupies the summit of a hill with steep slopes on the south and east but gradual elsewhere. It has been almost destroyed by cultivation but appears to have consisted of a rampart and ditch, the former at best reduced to a scarp 2.2m high, while only the outer rim of the ditch is discernible. The ditch has not been continuous, probably terminating at the edge of the south and east slopes of the hill. The entrance was either in the east or WSW side. The interior of the fort has also been under cultivation and is featureless. (For similar forts see NN60SW 8 and NN60NW 10).
Surveyed at 1/2500 and 1/10,000
Visited by OS (E G C) 9 October 1968.
Measured Survey (7 April 1960)
Reference (1963)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1956-8)’, published in Vol. 1 of the RCAHMS Inventory of Stirlingshire. The 26 monuments were listed by their name, classification, parish and county, and the list also includes an indication of whether they had been planned (P), whether they were visible only as a cropmark (C), and whether they were worthy of preservation (*).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 30 October 2012.
Field Visit (August 1977)
Easter Torrie NN 657 039 NN60SE 3
This fort measures 75m by 40m within a much reduced rampart with an external ditch.
RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1977
(RCAHMS 1963, p. XXV)
Note (5 December 2014 - 18 May 2016)
This fort occupies the crest of a low rounded hill, which falls away quite steeply around the gorse-grown S and E flanks. Oval on plan, it measures about 65m from ESE to WNW by 35m transversely (0.18ha) within a heavily ploughed-down rampart with an external ditch; where best preserved the rampart forms a scarp about 2.2m in height. No entrance is visible, but it was either on the ESE or the WNW. The interior is featureless.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC2615
Field Walking (17 July 2018)
NN 6575 0398 (centred on) A desk-based assessment and
walkover survey were undertaken in advance of proposed
woodland planting. The study area includes a hillfort, which
is scheduled. The only feature of interest identified during
the survey, 17 July 2018, was a possible kiln or whisky still
below the hillfort.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Scottish Woodlands
David Perry - ALder Archaeology
(Source: DES Volume 19)
