Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Forthill

In pasture, located on the SE-facing slope of a rise, with extensive views NW–N, in an area of undulating grassland. Ground falls away gradually to N towards a natural depression of rush-grown ground, now cut by a drain. An oval area (c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E–W), which is not noticeably raised, but incorporates a natural rise at NW–N. It is enclosed at N–SE by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m), which is built up at NE to compensate for a natural slope, but is low and degraded at E–SE. It is levelled at SSE–SW to a faint undulation. At SW–NNW the bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.35m) is modified to serve as a field fence. The interior slopes from W–NW down to E–S. A low area (Wth c. 2m) at ENE−E where the bank is reduced to a scarp may indicate the location of the original entrance. Two field fences, one on a NW–SE axis and the other on a NE–SW axis, cross the S half of the interior, intersecting in the centre of the interior. Remnants of another field fence (Wth 1.2m; H 0.35m) cross the W edge of the interior on a NNE–SSW axis. Interior grassy; overgrowth on bank/field fence at W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2022