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Category Archives: Hillforts
Denoon Law, Glamis, Angus
Hill Fort: OS Grid Reference – NO 35464 44395 Also Known as: Canmore ID 32139 Law of Denoon Getting Here Travelling north through Balkeerie on the Newtyle/Glamis road, turn right onto the Denoon road and follow it to the T-junction. … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged ancient monuments, ancient sites, Angus, Archaeology, Balkeerie, Denoon, Denoon Glen, Denoon Law, Earthworks, fairy folk, fairy lore, folklore, Glamis, Hillforts, legends, prehistoric sites, Queen of the fairies, Scotland, Sidlaws
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Abbey Craig, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NS 8094 9566 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47113 Wallace Monument Fort Getting Here Most folk visiting here are coming from Stirling city. There are various buses to get here, which head out over Stirling Bridge … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, battles, Bridge of Allan, Causewayhead, fortresses, heritage, hill forts, Hillforts, Iron Age, Logie, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, tourist attractions, Wallace Monument, William Wallace
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Manor Farm, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – TL 0849 5985 Also Known as: The Camp Archaeology & History This much disturbed Iron Age ‘hillfort’ is effectively a large enclosure of Iron Age origin, much ruined by farming and subsequent landscape alterations through … Continue reading
Castle Craig, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
‘Fort’ (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9116 9769 Also Known as: Canmore ID 48294 Archaeology & History This ancient fort could once be seen in the ancient woodlands on the western side of the Mill Glen, above the village, going … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, Clackmannanshire, dun, duns, forts, heritage, Hillfoots, Hillforts, Iron Age, Ochil Hills, Ochils, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Scotland, Tillicoultry
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Castle Hill, Culross, Fife
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NS 97105 89923 Getting Here Take the A907 road between Clackmannan and Comrie and, close to Bogside Farm at the roadside, but on the other side of the road where the bridge crosses a burn, … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, camps, Comrie, Culross, earth mysteries, enclosures, Fife, folklore, forts, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Kincardine, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
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Knock Hill, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NS 7825 9845 Also Known as: Canmore ID 45987 Gallow Hill Getting Here You can come here from either Dunblane to the north, or Bridge of Allan immediately south: either way you reach the site … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, hill forts, Hillforts, Iron Age, Lecropt, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish, Stirlingshire, Strathallan
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Dun Toiseach, Ford, Kilmartin, Argyll
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NM 880 047 Getting Here You can see the rocky hillock ‘pon which this old dun sits from the roadside – and can approach it by either climbing up the slope, or go round t’ … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hillforts
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, forts, hill forts, Iron Age, Loch Awe, prehistoric sites, Scotland, settlements, vitrified forts, walling
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Castle Hill, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – SU 570 925 Also Known as: Sinodun Camp Wittenham Clumps Getting Here Either reach this from Dorchester’s Dyke Hills by crossing the bridge over the Thames at its southwestern side and walk thru the village … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Hillforts, Oxfordshire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Bronze Age, camps, Dorchester, dykes, Earthworks, enclosures, hill forts, Hillforts, Iron Age, Little Wittenham, neolithic, Oxfordshire, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, settlements
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Martinsell Hill, Oare, Pewsey, Wiltshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – SU 1764 6396 Also Known as: Martin’s Hill Archaeology & History The second highest of Wiltshire’s prehistoric camps or hillforts, Martinsell Hill was described as early as the 13th century as ‘Mattelsore’ and was known … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Hillforts, Wiltshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, camps, customs, defences, Earthworks, enclosures, festivals, folklore, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Kinwardstone, Marlborough, Oare, paganism, Pewsey, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, traditions, Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, Wootton Rivers
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