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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Arthur's Seat Alternative Name: Holyrood Park, Crow Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.171 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Midlothian Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Edinburgh
Map Ref: NT27647282
Latitude: 55.942955N  Longitude: 3.160079W
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Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat submitted by Andy B : Holyrood Park from Pollock Halls Arthur's Seat on the left, and Crow Hill in the centre (which is the summit with the hill fort), seen from the bar terrace of the John McIntyre Centre at Pollock Halls. From this direction, there is a resemblance to a lion's head and haunch. Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Site in Midlothian Scotla... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Hillfort of about 20 acres on Crow Hill, which is the quieter and slightly lower summit of Arthur's Seat at the centre of Edinburgh. Also a possible round house.

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Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat submitted by Andy B : Arthur's Seat from Crow Hill. There are a number of tops around Arthur's Seat that are much quieter than the summit proper. This picture is taken from the nearby Crow Hill, which contains remains of an old hill fort. Walkers can be see on Arthur's seat summit to the north. The City of Edinburgh, including the castle, is also visible on this hot and somewhat hazy lunchtime, as is the moon. Cop... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat submitted by durhamnature : Urn excavated from cairn from " Study of Bronze Age Pottery" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Arthur's Seat submitted by durhamnature : Urn excavated from cairn at Windy Goul from " Study of Bronze Age Pottery" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NT2772 : Crow Hill by Thomas Nugent
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NT2772 : Holyrood Park from Pollock Halls by Derek Harper
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NT2772 : Arthur's Seat from St Leonard's Crag by M J Richardson
by M J Richardson
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NT2772 : Between Crow Hill and The Nether Hill by Richard Webb
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NT2772 : View To Arthur's Seat by Rude Health
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Active Archaeology Day, Sunday 18th September by Andy B on Thursday, 01 September 2016
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Active Archaeology, Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 11:00 to 15:00

Discover what life was like in the Iron Age by meeting characters from the past and trying out skills from the period. Meet colourful characters, discover some artefacts uncovered within Holyrood and try your hand at being a real life archaeologist.

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/events
Cost: Free

More details at
http://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/events/active-archaeology-1
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Celtic Crag guided walk, Sunday 4th September by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 August 2016
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Celtic Crag
Sunday, September 4, 2016 - 13:00 to 15:30

Join a Ranger for a guided walk, where we'll delve into the Park's rich Celtic past to uncover the reality behind the myths. Discover the story of the Park’s history from the Stone Age right up to the present day.

Free but booking essential to go on the guided walk.

More details at
http://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/events/celtic-crag-1
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Winter Warmer Walk, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, 18th Jan 22 Feb by bat400 on Saturday, 17 January 2015
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Winter Warmer Walk

Holyrood Park, 23 November 2014, 14 December 2014, 18 January 2015, 22 February 2015

Come along on a guided walk to blow away the winter blues.
Learn more about Arthur’s Seat’s turbulent past. Find out about the people who lived and worked in the park from 7,000 years ago up until the present day and learn more about the rare wildlife that makes the park so special.

Time: 1.00pm - 3:00pm (10:00am - 12noon on 14th December and 22nd February)
Cost: Free
Booking is essential - Please phone the Ranger Service for more details and to reserve your place.

For further information, contact
Historic Scotland
Rangers Service
hs.rangers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone +44 (0)131 652 8150.

Thanks to coldrum for the link: .historic-scotland.gov.uk
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Tyne-Forth Prehistory Forum conference, September 29th 2012 by Andy B on Monday, 03 September 2012
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Archaeology across the Border: Prehistoric Communities in the Tyne-Forth Region and beyond

Date: Saturday September 29th 2012, 10am-5pm
Location: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh

In the last two years the Tyne-Forth Prehistory Forum has sought to stimulate new discussion and research into the prehistoric archaeology of Northeast England and Southeast Scotland. These meetings have largely dealt with the detail of how we carry out the archaeological investigation of prehistoric communities in the region – now we will discuss papers that (re)consider the narratives that archaeologists tell about these communities.

What can we now say about the prehistoric communities living between the Forth and the Tyne – about their landscapes, dwellings, monuments, burial practices, and the things of their everyday lives? How were they interconnected with one another, and with communities elsewhere? We also aim to focus on the Tyne-Forth region in prehistory at a larger scale, and explore whether this region could even be characterised as such at various times. What were the major events, changes, trends in the prehistory of the region? Were these apparent across the region as a whole, or confined to particular landscapes?

In day conferences at Newcastle, Edinburgh and Berwick made possible by AHRC funding we have considered: the impact of the recent past and our archaeological practices and ideas on the prehistory we now work with; how other archaeologists work and cope with similarly artificial borders across Europe; how prehistoric communities were composed of human beings, things, materials, plants, animals, places and landscapes; how communities were connected with each other within the region; and the role of environment, climate and landscape in the development and experiences of prehistoric communities. In this final meeting of the AHRC-funded project ‘Investigating Prehistoric Social and Cultural Networks through the Tyne-Forth Prehistory Forum’ we will discuss interpretations of the prehistoric past that combine different forms of evidence and/or place the archaeology of the region in a wider context.

Papers

Kristian Pedersen (Edinburgh University)
The Mesolithic Between the Tyne and Forth in a European Perspective

Alison Sheridan (National Museums Scotland)
The Neolithic of the Tyne-Forth region

Jan Harding and Mark Lawson (Newcastle University)
Carving the way forward: understanding the orientations of Neolithic cup and ring radials and penannular motifs in Mid Argyll and Northern Nothumberland

Dana Millson (Durham University)
Cultural Interaction in Prehistory: The Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age on the Anglo-Scottish Border

Bob Will (GUARD Archaeology)
The view from above: prehistoric activity at Soutra Hill

Rachel Pope (University of Liverpool)
Kidlandlee (Northumberland) and Early-Middle Bronze Age settlement and land use in Scotland

Strat Halliday and Pete Topping
Settlement and subsistence during the later Bronze Age and Iron Age

Martin Goldberg (National Museums Scotland)
From Votadini to Bernicia: Tyne-Forth archaeology, history, myths and poetry

David Metcalfe (Performance Storyteller and Narrative Consultant)
Ancestors’ tales – retrieving memory from the landscape through oral storytelling

To book a place - email Rachel Crellin r.j.crellin@ncl.ac.uk

http://research.ncl.ac.uk/tyneforthprehistoryforum/290912meet.html
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Holyrood Park Archaeology Events for September 2012 by Andy B on Monday, 03 September 2012
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Holyrood Park Archaeology Day
9th September 2012 11.00 – 15.00 (drop in)
Contact: Holyrood Park, Historic Scotland Ranger Service.
Tel: (0131) 652 8150
Where: Holyrood Park Education Centre, 1 Queen’s Drive, Edinburgh, EH8 8HG NT 271 739 http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/ranger

Discover what life was like in the ‘Iron Age’ by meeting characters from the past and trying out skills from the period. Short, druid-led [the mind boggles! - MegP Ed], guided walks over amenity grassland.

Surviving Eidyn
16th September 2012, 9 am – 12 noon
Contact: Holyrood Park, Historic Scotland Ranger Service.
Tel: (0131) 652 8150
Where: Duddingston Car Park, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh NT 280 730 http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/ranger

Ever wondered what life was like for people in Holyrood Park during prehistory? Who were these hunter gatherers? What did they look like? Find out all this and more.

Celtic Crag

23rd September 2012, 9 am – 12 noon
Contact: Holyrood Park, Historic Scotland Ranger Service.
Tel: (0131) 652 8150
Where: Holyrood Park Education Centre, 1 Queen’s Drive, Edinburgh, EH8 8HG NT 271 739 http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/ranger

Join a Ranger for a walk where we'll delve into the Park's rich Celtic past to uncover the reality behind the myths. Who were these people? What did they look like?

http://www.archaeologyscotland.co.uk/?q=node/285®ionID=295&featureID=all
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Surviving Eidyn , Holyrood Park, 11 September 2010 by coldrum on Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Surviving Eidyn

Holyrood Park, 11 September 2010


Part of the 'Historic Holyrood' series. Ever wondered what life was like for people in Holyrood Park during prehistoric times? Who were these hunter gatherers? What did they look like? How did they communicate? How did they survive?

Find out all this and more on a 3 hour guided walk.

Time: 9 am - 12 noon.

Booking is essential. Please phone the Ranger Service for more details.

For further information, contact
Historic Scotland
Rangers Team
hs.rangers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone +44 (0)131 652 8150.

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/events/event_detail.htm?eventid=26960

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    Re: Surviving Eidyn , Holyrood Park, 11 September 2010 by Andy B on Saturday, 18 September 2010
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    MegalithJunkie writes: Operated by Historic Scotland's Ranger Service this guided walk was the first in the organisation's 'Historic Holyrood' series. This series is planned to run over four consecutive weeks during Scottish Archaeology Month.

    Thanks to coldrum for the link to this event. I'd likely have missed it otherwise. It was just glorious! Our guide (Nathan?) was both lovely and informative. I wasn't at all sure what to expect and when Nathan told us we wouldn't be seeing any archaeology (because of the very great distance of time) I hoped for nothing more than a sort of pleasant mobile lecture.

    How wrong I was! At strategic points during our ramble a bearded mesolithic huntsman would pop out of the undergrowth to explain hunting techniques, flint knapping or firelighting to us. Not to mention, the finer points of coracle construction and propulsion. The inclusion of these practical demonstrations added so much to my knowledge and understanding of the period. In addition, we were given rare access to an area of protected woodland where we got some idea of how the area might have appeared to our mesolithic ancestors.

    So, very great thanks are due to the Nathan, his two mesolithic friends and everyone at Historic Scotland involved in the planning of the day. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series!
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