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Tag 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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Rough Haw Carvings, Flasby, North Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 96396 55834 – NEW FIND Getting Here The quickest way to get here is to follow the directions to the Sharp Haw Trig Stone. From the Trig Stone keep heading down the footpath until … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, english heritage, Flasby, geomancy, Hillforts, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, Skipton
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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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Castlehill Wood, St Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NS 75074 90902 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46233 Castlehill Wood Getting Here Take the Gateside Road from St Ninians or Polmaise Road out of Torbrex across the M9, heading out west onto the southern moors of … Continue reading
Posted in Duns, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, dun, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, fortresses, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Polmaise, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, Scotland, settlements, St. Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
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Winsbury Hill, Marksbury, Somerset
Earthworks (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – ST 6706 6307 Also Known as: Windsbury Hill Archaeology & History Apparently, all traces of the possible prehistoric camp or enclosure that were located by Edward Burrow in the 1920s, seems to have vanished. … Continue reading
White Caterthun Carving, Menmuir, Angus
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 54671 66022 Also Known as: Canmore ID 35007 Getting Here Many ways here, but from the nearest town of Brechin, take the minor north road out of town (not the B966) to Little Brechin, heading … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brechin, Bronze Age, Cup-and-Ring Stones, cup-markings, earth mysteries, Forfarshire, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Menmuir, neolithic, Petroglyphs, pictographs, prehistoric rock art, Scotland, Strathmore
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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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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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