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Dalmakethar

Field Boundary(s) (period Unknown), Linear Earthwork (iron Age) - (medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dalmakethar as Field Boundary(s) (period Unknown), Linear Earthwork (iron Age) - (medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dalmakethar is a possible fairy fort or ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, based on its association with linear earthworks and medieval agricultural features. Local folklore may connect it to otherworldly beings, as is common with such sites in Scottish and Celtic tradition, though specific legends are not recorded.

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