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Remains of a promontory fort, one of six promontory forts along the coast between Arbroath and Lunan Bay. The fort is joined to the mainland by a natural narrow concave neck which forms a causeway from which the main part of the elongated promontory rises. This has 30.4m high precipitous sides. The promontory is isolated by means of a single, now much denuded, rampart at the top of a grassy slope 15m high on the seaward side of the narrow neck of land. The rampart is 1.2m high, spread to 4 - 6m. Christison, in 1899, noted signs of a passage cut through the south end of the rampart. The OS also noted that the entrance could possibly have been on the north, where there is a 12.0m gap. Neither is very convincing, and the possibility of erosion must be considered. Apart from the single rampart on the promontory, there is a puzzling earthwork on the cliff overlooking the connecting neck. A surface find of a spindle whorl is now in Dundee Museum. It was donated by Mrs J Wilson. The whorl is of sandstone with a diameter of 3.4cm. This and an eroding midden suggest Iron Age occupation of the promontory.
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NO64SE0005 - LUD CASTLE