White Castle Fort

White Castle Fort (also called White Castle Hill fort, Nunraw or White Hill) is an Iron Age hill fort in the Lammermuir Hills , above the stream "Thorter burn" near Garvald (Gaelic Garbh Allt ) in East Lothian in Scotland .

The approximately oval plant of approximately 71.0 × 56.0 m with triple wall is located at the Mid Hill, near the road, the east of Edinburgh to Whiteadder reservoir performs and "Packman's Grave". White Hill Fort is a good example of a hill fort with impressive ramparts and moats. The complex was examined archaeologically and geophysically between 2010 and 2013, including the foundations of 16 huts.

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).

Individual evidence

↑ Position five small stones (two pointed at the end), each about 45 cm high, surrounding an area about 2.8 m long and 1.35 m wide. The place is known as the grave of a Packman who was murdered by an innkeeper from Danskine.

Web links

Description (English) ( Memento of 13 July 2014 Internet Archive )
Summary of the excavation reports (English)
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55.909038 -2.620028Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 32.5 " N , 2 ° 37 ′ 12.1" W.

[1] Position five small stones (two pointed at the end), each about 45 cm high, surrounding an area about 2.8 m long and 1.35 m wide. The place is known as the grave of a Packman who was murdered by an innkeeper from Danskine.