MHG6977 - Easter Lochend
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- FORT (Early Bronze Age to Pictish - 2400 BC? to 900 AD?)
Protected Status
Full Description
NH85SW 9 8431 5328.
(NH 8431 5328) Fort.
Visible on OS air photographs AR/OS.67.095: 284-5, flown May 1967.
A fort, overgrown with whin, straddling a glacial ridge running E to W. A bank, c.0.5m high, with outer ditch, c.0.3m deep, each c.3.0m wide, crosses the ridge in the E and W isolating a level sub-rectangular area measuring c.23.0m by c.10.0m. The ditch continues round most of the N side as a terrace c.1.5m wide in the NW where it is best preserved, and at a maximum of c.3.5m below the summit. Nothing could be seen on the S side due to dense whin.
No entrance is evident and there is no trace of stone-work.
The fort is similar in character and situation to NJ02NW 9.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 8 January 1970.
The defences of this fort, which occupies a steep-sided ridge running from E to W, have been reduced to short stretches of rampart and accompanying ditch on the E and W respectively. The rampart stands to a height of 0.5m and the ditch is 3m broad and up to 0.3m deep.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978.
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)
- --- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 11, No. 46.
- --- SHG8590 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Kildrummie Kaimes (NH 846 532). Colour Print. .
- <1> SHG27950 Interactive Resource/Online Database: Lock, G. & Ralston, I.. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. SC2911.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8430 5328 (117m by 49m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85SW |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM11608 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15234 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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