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Latitude: 56.2094 / 56°12'33"N
Longitude: -4.1657 / 4°9'56"W
OS Eastings: 265767
OS Northings: 703979
OS Grid: NN657039
Mapcode National: GBR 13.DL4C
Mapcode Global: WH4NP.Z6H4
Entry Name: East Torrie, fort 300m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6984
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kilmadock
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a hillfort of prehistoric date lying under pasture.
The monument occupies the summit of a low hill at around 100m OD. It comprises the remains of a fort, some 90m WNW-ESE by about 70m, defined by a rampart, surviving as a scarp up to about 2.2m high, and traces of an external ditch.
The ditch has probably not been continuous, seemingly having terminated at the edge of the steeper S and E slopes of the hill which, in themselves, may have provided adequate defence. Although reduced by ploughing in the past, the monument remainsa characteristic example of an Iron Age hillfort.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the fort and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 110m 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 prehistoric defensive settlement.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 60 SE 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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