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Knockfarrel (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fearghalaigh) is a village, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [ 1 ] Knockfarrel or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril (stone fort) is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the knockfarrel hill, immediately to ...
Vitrified fort, England, 1829. Vitrified forts are generally situated on hills offering strong defensive positions. Their form seems to have been determined by the contour of the flat summits which they enclose. The walls vary in size, a few being upwards of 12 feet (3.7 m) high, and are so broad that they present the appearance of embankments.
The Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a Pictish hill fort on its summit, [2] 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293. It is the second highest fort in Scotland and its main feature is its well-preserved vitrified wall which encloses an area of approximately 100 m by 30 m, 0.3 hectares.
Pages in category "Vitrified forts in Scotland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Knock of Alves This page was last ...
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The summit of the hill is occupied by a vitrified fort; a stone structure affected by fire to produce a glass-like material. The inner wall of the fort defines an area around 75 by 23 metres (246 by 75 ft), and survives to a height of around 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in). Beyond this is an outer wall and part of a third wall or hornwork to the east.
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Bennachie from the east, Aberdeenshire Remains of the fort at Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll Animated LIDAR data of The Doon, or Drimadoon coastal hillfort, on the Isle of Arran Traprain Law, East Lothian Arthur's Seat, viewed to the north-north-east from Blackford Hill Trig Point Prospect from Craig Phadrig, looking westward along the southern shore of the Beauly Firth Edin's Hall Broch ...