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Mote of Mark, Dumfries

Mote of Mark Mote of Mark, Rockcliffe. Dumfries & Galloway 4 miles south of Dalbeattie NX 845540 Vitrified Fort The Mote of Mark is a defended hilltop overlooking the Urr estuary. It was the court or citadel of a powerful Dark Age chieftain, possibly one of the princes of Rheged. The site was occupied during …

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Eileen na Goar, Highlands

Eileen na Goar   Eileen na Goar is a large vitrified fort, situated on the island at the entrance of Loch Ailort. This island, locally termed Eilean na Goar, is the most eastern and is bounded on all sides by precipitous gneiss rocks; it is the abode and nesting place of numerous sea birds. The …

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Arka Unskel, Highlands

Arka-Unskel Arka Unskel is 2½ miles ESE of Arisaig at NM693839 and has also been known as Ard Ghaunsgoik and Ard Ghamhgail. Described as on a promontory on the north side of Loch nan Uamh with a heavily vitrified wall. – Richard Feachem’s “A guide to Ancient Scotland” At the point where Loch na Nuagh …

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Finavon, Angus

Finavon, Angus . Finavon Hill has attracted a great deal of archaeological interest from antiquarians and archaeologists over the years especially since it displayed traces of vitrified rock. It was planned 100 years ago by David Christison and was subject to extensive excavations undertaken by Prof. Gordon Childe between 1933-5. That the fort had been …

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Castle Point, Troop

Castle Point, Troup Grid ref: NJ 837 661 Ordnance Survey Landranger series sheet no.s 29 and 30 10 miles W of Fraserburgh. Access to this promontory fort is by a motorable track N from the B9031 W of the steep-sided valley of the Tore of Troup. The site, which dominates the little Cullykhan Bay, is …

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Wincobank, South Yorkshire

Wincobank – Sheffield 1903 OS map of Wincobank Location Wincobank (W.R.), Hillfort (SK/378910) 2.5 miles NE of center of Sheffield. Finds in Sheffield Museum. Description “This is an oval fort with an internal area of 2.5 acres. A bank, ditch and counterscarp bank are continuous around it except on the N side where ditch and …

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Castercliff, Lancashire

Castercliff Aerial view of Castercliff Directions. 0/S 1:50,000 series map 103 ref. 885384. Leave Nelson on the A6068 towards Colne, and turn right after passing under the railway bridge at Colne station. Follow this out of the town, up the steep hill until the gradient eases, and the hillfort is on the right at a …

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Almondbury Hill Fort

An image illustrating an article about Vitified Forts – Group Home on thealicesyndrome.com

View of Castle Hill, Almondbury, as it looks today with the Victorian tower on the top. Also Varley plan of Almondbury. Another plan of Almondbury, showing the outer ditches

Tap O’Noth, Inverurie

Tap O’Noth Grid ref: NJ 484 293 Ordnance Survey Landranger series sheet no. 37 20 miles W of Inverurie. The approach to this, the second highest fort in Scotland, involves a somewhat arduous walk from Brae of Scurdargue, approximately 1 ½ miles NW of Rhynie on A941 to Dufftown. The site crowns the conspicuous 562 …

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Barry Hill, Perth

  Barry Hill Perth, NO 262 504; 210 metres Site of a pre-historic fort also where the Battle of Barra was fought in 1308 between King Robert The Bruce and Comyn of Buchan. ‘The most prominent feature of this site is the ruin of a very large and strong wall, originally timber-laced and now partly …

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