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Wandering Cloud
September 22, 2023
Hiking
According to the information board, this fort is one of the finest Iron Age forts in Scotland. It belonged to the Selgovae tribe, and had a high inner enclosure and several timber roundhouses. I wonder if those guys remarked, too, on what beautiful scenery they lived in?
Yvonne
April 5, 2021
Hiking
Multi period hill fort, would have had several internal wooden huts. Evidence from bronze age and Romans.
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Distance 508 m
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