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Latitude: 56.0021 / 56°0'7"N
Longitude: -4.383 / 4°22'58"W
OS Eastings: 251496
OS Northings: 681359
OS Grid: NS514813
Mapcode National: GBR 0T.TZ6X
Mapcode Global: WH3NF.ND2K
Entry Name: Quinlochmore, fort 450m E of Catythirsty Well
Scheduled Date: 13 October 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7000
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Killearn
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of a fort of prehistoric date surviving as a series of upstanding earthworks.
The monument lies on a prominent ridge at around 200m OD. It comprises the remains of an oval fort measuring some 40m NW-SE by 30m E-W, defined by a stone wall. There are no unambiguous signs of structures within the interior but the irregular surface of the ground may reflect the presence of buried structural remains.
To the NW the fort is defended by a rock-cut ditch some 2m in depth, accompanied by an earth and stone bank approximately 1.5m high and some 26m in length. This outwork divides the SE end of the summit, on which the fort lies, from the featureless NW part.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the earthworks of the fort and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 100m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of later prehistoric defensive settlement.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS 58 SW 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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