Promontory Fort at St John's Point

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The Promontory Fort at St John's Point (Dunmey is the alternative name of the promontory) is located in the northeast of Caithness in Scotland .

Over the headland of the promontory at St John's Point, from cliff to cliff, an approximately 15.0 m wide, deep, U-shaped trench may have been dug with an approximately 3.0 m high wall along the lake side and a low wall on the Land side. But there is no clear evidence of the trench. There appears to have been an entrance about 15.0 m from the western end of the wall. The enclosure is about 10 hectares. Inside and near the site of a chapel is elevated terrain, which is possibly an artificial hill. Comparisons with similar Promontory forts suggest an Iron Age formation, although it may have been reused by Vikings or in later times. The earth-stone wall between two cliff niches ( English geos ) varies in width between 15.0 and 12.0 m. Inside the fort, the promontory was almost completely enclosed by a lawn dike, which in places fell over the cliffs.

literature

  • CE Batey: Caithness coastal survey 1982: interim reports 1980-2, Durham.
  • J. Close-Brooks: The Highlands, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, ed. By Anna Ritchie. 2nd. Edinburgh 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A cross plate from the site is in the Caithness District Museums. The chapel is in a ruinous state with low wall remains and overgrown with vegetation.

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Coordinates: 58 ° 39 ′ 31 ″  N , 3 ° 11 ′ 26 ″  W.