Site type FORT
Canmore ID 48000
Site Number NS97SE 9
NGR NS 98940 74380
Council WEST LOTHIAN
Parish LINLITHGOW
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District WEST LOTHIAN
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NS97SE 9 98940 74380

(NS 9894 7438) Fort (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)

The fort, or "walled enclosure" (R W Feachem 1965) on the summit of Cockleroy, a most conspicuous, rugged and precipitous hill, consists of a heavy, ruinous stone wall enclosing an area 410' in length by 200' wide. The entrance is in the SE. The NW end of the fort is further protected by an outer wall.
The similarity of this structure to the one on Bowden Hill, 3/4 mile W (NS97SE 1) is striking.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; R W Feachem 1963.

This fort is as described.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JLD) 5 December 1952 and (JP) 13 August 1974.

Within the interior of the fort there are at least four ring-ditch houses; three are situated close to the rear of the wall on the NE, and the fourth is on the S.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS), 12 August 1985.

Feachem, R (1965) The North Britons: the prehistory of a Border people, London
Page(s): 159 Held at RCAHMS E.2.FEA

Feachem, R W (1963b) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
Page(s): 159 Held at RCAHMS E.2.FEA

RCAHMS (1929) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Tenth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the counties of Midlothian and West Lothian, Edinburgh
Page(s): 232, No.358 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/10