Hillfort

The National Monuments Service's description

Enclosing the summit of Carrigadoon Hill. A roughly oval-shaped area (diam. c. 180m N-S; c. 320m E-W) defined by a bank which varies in size and construction in different quadrants. In the NW quadrant the bank is composed of shale rubble, laid horizontally and surmounted by an earth and grass mantle (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 3m). In the SW sector the bank is reduced in height (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.07m) with the external ground level forming a platform (Wth c. 4m) before the ground falls sharply. The S quadrant is similar in that the external ground level forms a slight platform, with a slight suggestion of an outer bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.72m drop to forest road), before falling sharply. Much of the bank in the S sector has been truncated by a forest road. Quarrying has taken place at the SE end of the hill resulting in a large mound of upcast, the circuit of the hillfort is not traceable at this E end. The enclosing element in the NE quadrant is visible as an internal fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.9m) with outer bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.85m). Two further quarries along the NE quadrant. N sector of hillfort is defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 5m; ext. H 2.66m); V-shaped fosse (Wth 0.5m; D 0.72m) and outer bank (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.86m) with a slight ledge (c. 1m) before dropping sharply.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011