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<< Our Photo Pages >> Caddonlee - Hillfort in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by h_fenton on Tuesday, 23 August 2011  Page Views: 5381

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Caddonlee
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.456 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Scottish Borders Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Galashiels  Nearest Village: Clovenfords
Map Ref: NT43963551
Latitude: 55.609949N  Longitude: 2.891149W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Caddonlee
Caddonlee submitted by h_fenton : The defences at the western/ southwestern corner of Caddonlee hillfort. Kite Aerial Photograph 28 April 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Scottish Borders. Most of Caddonlee hillfort lies on arable land and has been obliterated through cultivation. A small strip of the north western side of the hillfort lies on fairly undisturbed ground bordered on one side by the wall of the arable field and on the other a steep slope.

The principal visible remains are two sections of defences at the north eastern (two banks/ditches + wall) and south western (three banks/ditches) ends of the north western side of the hillfort, between the two sections of banks and ditches the site appears to just be protected by a steep slope.

Within the part of the hillfort not damaged by modern cultivation there are the traces of old cultivation (also outside the fort - especially to the north east) and a few more small banks.

The farmer has been using one of the ditches at the south western end as a dumping ground for boulders and stone which has probably been pulled from the arable field.
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Caddonlee
Caddonlee submitted by h_fenton : Caddonlee hillfort, viewed from the north east. Kite Aerial Photograph 28 April 2011 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT4335 : The Hill fort, Caddon Cliffs by Iain Lees
by Iain Lees
©2010(licence)
NT4335 : The A72 near Clovenfords by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2010(licence)
NT4335 : The cairn on Caddon Cliffs by Iain Lees
by Iain Lees
©2010(licence)
NT4335 : Cliff Road, A72 from Peel by Iain Lees
by Iain Lees
©2010(licence)
NT4335 : Farmland to the west of Caddonlee by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2008(licence)

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