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Tag Archives: hill forts
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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Ball Cross Carving 02, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SK 231 691 Archaeology & History One of three carvings that were located inside the walling of the Ball Cross hillfort during excavations here in the early 1950s by J. Stanley. (1954) Each carving … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Derbyshire
Tagged antiquarian, Archaeology, Bakewell, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Derbyshire, earth mysteries, England, heritage, hill forts, Hillforts, neolithic, Peak District, Pennines, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, pictograms, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, sheffield
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Ball Cross Carving 01, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SK 231 691 Archaeology & History This is another carving (one of three here) that was removed from its landscape setting when found during excavations of the Iron Age hillfort of Ball Cross in … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Derbyshire
Tagged antiquarian, Archaeology, Bakewell, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Derbyshire, earth mysteries, heritage, hill forts, Hillforts, neolithic, Peak District, Pennines, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, pictograms, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites
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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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Rathgall Hillfort, County Wicklow
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – S 902 731 Archaeology & History A prehistoric ‘fort’ with a long history behind it, with recent excavations finding burial and settlement remains from the Bronze- and Iron Ages. The following article about this impressive … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Ireland, Wicklow
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, County Wicklow, Eire, enclosures, forts, hill forts, Hillforts, Ireland, Irish, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, settlements
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Castercliff, Nelson, Lancashire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SD 885 384 Also Known as: Caster Cliff Getting Here From Colne train station, cross the road and go along Bridge Street and where it meets Knotts Street follow it all the way up into … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Lancashire, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Colne, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, fortress, forts, hill forts, Hillforts, Iron Age, Lancashire, Nelson, Pendle, prehistoric sites, settlements, Trawden
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South Kirkby, South Yorkshire
Hillfort / Settlement: OS Grid Reference – SE 435 104 Getting Here From the South Kirkby library, go west along Hague Lane and take the left turn up Homsley Lane on your left after a few hundred yards (keep your … Continue reading
Caesar’s Camp, Bracknell, Berkshire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – SU 863 657 Archaeology & History Described by Steve Ford (1987) as “the only known example of a hillfort in East Berkshire,” this much overgrown site encloses an area covering 7.8 hectares. It was first … Continue reading
