Cullykhan Fort
Cullykhan Fort (also called Castle Point, Fort Fiddes or De Troup) is a multi-phase facility. It is located on a sandstone cliff between Gardenstown and Pennan in Aberdeenshire in Scotland on the narrow Cullykhan Bay.
The rocky, west-east running promontory has a history of settlement that dates from around 1000 BC. BC ( Bronze Age ) extends to the 18th century and is supported by the natural location and the nearby anchorage. The excavation has shown that the coastal promontory was initially separated from the hinterland by a palisade in the manner of a promontory fort . Around 400–500 years later, a stone fortification with wooden fittings and an impressive gate was built. This was 100 BC. Replaced by a construction set a little further to the east, which was later destroyed by fire. In the final phase of prehistoric times, two trenches were dug over the promontory.
The strategic potential of the headland was also recognized by the fact that a Norman residential tower De Troup was built here in the 13th century , abandoned in the 17th century and Fort Fiddes was built in the 18th century.
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. Archeology and Early History. Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1981, ISBN 0-50002-100-7 , ( Ancient places and people 99).
- Ian AG Shepherd: Exploring Scotland's Heritage. Grampian . HMSO, Edinburgh 1986, ISBN 0-11-492453-8 .
- Alex McKay: Cullykhan, Troup Castle and Fort Fiddes Banffshire Field Club, 2017, ISBN 978-0-9524239-4-2 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 41 ′ 7.2 ″ N , 2 ° 16 ′ 19.3 ″ W.