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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Salisbury CragsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.255 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Midlothian Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Edinburgh
Map Ref: NT27007326
Latitude: 55.946811N Longitude: 3.170443W
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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 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 |
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| 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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XIII saw from a distance on 6th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4
SolarMegalith visited on 15th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5
This Iron Age fort covers the area of 9.4 hectares. The rampart is up to 0.6m high and mostly distinguishable (especially from the nearby Arthur's Seat, but in its northern part it is partly damaged by Camstone Quarry.
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