Monument record MHG6977 - Easter Lochend
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8430 5328 (117m by 49m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85SW |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | CROY AND DALCROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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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.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- 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. .
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Record last edited
May 25 2016 1:54PM
