More information : [NZ 05158170] Camp [L.B.] (1)
'Shaftoe Crag'. A cliff fort with multiple ramparts, approximately
1.5 acres in area. (2)
The work is 514 ft NW-SE, and 231 ft N-S. There are no defences on
the west and south side, which are precipitous. On the north there
are three ramparts ranging from 3 ft 6 ins to 8 ft 6 ins in height,
and the interior is divided N-S by an earth and stone bank. Three
gaps occur in the ramparts, one near the west end, another in the
middle, and a third on the east which is probably the original
entrance. (3)
Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age multivallate. [forts, settlements and
enclosures]. (4)
A well-preserved fort. Published survey (25") revised. (5)
NZ 0514 8169. Defended settlement 450m NNW of Ferney Chesters.
Scheduled RSM No 25147. The roughly oval enclosure is 166m E-W by
70m N-S within three ramparts on the N and NE sides. The rampart
is thought to have originally extended around the E side but is
now gone; the S and W sides are naturally defended. The stone and
earth ramparts are between 7m and 8m wide and 0.6m to 2.5m high.
Original entrances are visible in the E and NW sides of the
enclosure. Within the enclosure a wall of large upright slabs
divides the interior into a small W end and a larger E end. (6)
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