Angus HER - NO35NE0006 - CASTLE HILL, MEAMS

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO35NE0006
Name	CASTLE HILL, MEAMS
NRHE Card No.	NO35NE6
NRHE Numlink	32228
HES SM No.	4420
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	The remains of a fort occupies the summit of Castle Hill, a high elongated ridge with low precipices on the north and south. Twenty metres northeast of the small modern cairn which occupies the site of the old trig point there is a distinct curving stony bank 3.5m wide, 0.5m high internally and 1m high externally. It stops 1m short of the south edge of the ridge, which may indicate an entrance.
Last Update	17/07/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO35NE0006

National Grid Reference: NO 3619 5677

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
1	1977			BS	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
FORTS		REMAINS OF	A	100
RIDGES		REMAINS OF	B	100
BANKS	STONY	REMAINS OF	C	100