MHG28209 - Possible Fort, Gergask Craig
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FORT (Early Bronze Age to Pictish - 2400 BC? to 900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NN 6123 9513
The remains of an enclosure, measuring 35m East/West by 14m, sit on a rocky knoll, an outlier of Gergask Craig. This is almost certainly the remains of a small fort. The walling is spread around
5m for c5m on the W, N and E sides. The S side is a precipitous crag and is eroding. Nowhere is the walling set in position and it would appear to have been deliberately slighted.
A rowan tree is established on the edge of the S wall and its roots are lifting the soil at this point. A rabbit burrow is evident just to the W of this.
Wordsworth 1997, Site 9 (see Hlinked report)
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User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NN69NW 4 6122 9512
NN 6122 9512 ?Slighted small fort, 35m E-W by 14m N-S.
Copies of the full report are in the NMRS and Highland SMR.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
J Wordsworth 1997
This site was included in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland online database. See link below for site entry. <1>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG20970 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J.. 1997. Gaskbeg Farm, Laggan Bridge: An archaeological survey for ESA Management. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 01/08/1997. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- SHG836 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1997. 'Gaskbeg Farm (Laggan parish), ESA management survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1997, p.49. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 49. 49.
- <1> SHG27950 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Lock, G. & Ralston, I.. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. SC2624.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 6121 9512 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN69NW |
| Civil Parish | LAGGAN |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/SC2624.html (Link to online Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland site entry)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/123551 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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