<< Our Photo Pages >> Tap o'Noth - Hillfort in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tap o'NothCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Alford Nearest Village: Rhynie
Map Ref: NJ484293 Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.351259N Longitude: 2.859142W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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megalithicmatt visited on 29th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Visited loads of times. Great place, great views, great walls, great walk up.
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Some of the photos below illustrate this phenomena which once was considered to be the result of setting fire to wooden palisades during an attack on the fort. However, a more recent explanation based on other sites in the British Isles and Europe is that the rocks were deliberately vitrified in order to strengthen the ramparts. One of the photos below taken from the site sign at the car park shows the areas where the vitrification has occurred. Within the extant ramparts there are areas where housing, perhaps a water cistern and quarry sites have been located. Access is from the pleasant village of Rhyne. Follow the A941 west for 2 kilometres then turn north up a narrow signed lane to reach the car park and first of the various site signs. From here it took me 45 minutes walking (I am a fast walker) to reach the summit going first north then west to circumnavigate the high deer fence and ascent the hill on the track which runs towards the north east then turns towards the summit. There are excellent site signs at the car park and towards the summit.
References: Ralston Ian, Celtic Fortifications, Tempus, Stroud, 2007
Canmore: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/17169/details/tap+o+noth/
Page originally by Vicky
We also have an experimental viewer with a panoramic view of the vitrified wall of Tap o'Noth.
Note: New research suggests Tap O'Noth may have been home to over 4000 people in Pictish times, more details in the link on our page
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