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<< Text Pages >> East Lomond Hill - Hillfort in Scotland in Fife

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016  Page Views: 5726

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: East Lomond Hill
Country: Scotland County: Fife Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NO24400620
Latitude: 56.242292N  Longitude: 3.221396W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
0No data.
 2 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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A large and important hill fort on the East Lomond, in the construction of which the lines and character of the defences have been blended into the natural configuration of the hill-top.

The summit enclosure, which is small for the strength of its defences, is 200ft long, NW-SE, by about 100ft average width.

On the N and NE sides, ramparts and terraces have been constructed despite the steepness of the slope. Even stronger works exist on the S comprising an intricate series of rickle-wall defences, a massive rampart of earth and stone and an outside ditch. The wall defences are broken up and scattered; the ditch and rampart has an entrance gap 49ft wide on the SE side.

Source: Canmore
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Video Talk: New findings from East Lomond Hillfort by Andy B on Wednesday, 21 August 2019
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New findings from East Lomond Hillfort
Talk by Joe Fitzpatrick & Oliver O’Grady

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxUjZhfDync&feature=youtu.be
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Living Lomonds Dig Diary by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016
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Living Lomonds Discover the Ancient Lomonds

http://www.livinglomonds.org.uk/blog/

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Dig reveals previously unknown Iron Age settlement and later metal-working area by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016
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Living Lomonds Landscape Partnership
Discover the Ancient Lomonds Project (Year 1)
East Lomond Hill, Fife
Community Excavation 2014
Data Structure Report by OJT Heritage

This interim report presents the results from a community training excavation at East Lomond Hill, which took place during September 2014. The training activities formed part of the Discover the Ancient Lomonds Project, a
programme of community heritage events, part of the Living Lomonds Landscape Partnership.

The archaeological investigations have revealed previously unknown Iron Age settlement remains on the southern shoulder of East Lomond Hill and evidence for a later metal-working area. In addition, the remains of two bound
ary features on the south and east slopes of the hill were also uncovered. These included a stone-lined earth bank and the eroded remains of a ditch with a possible stone revetment or bank on its interior side.

Report PDF at
http://www.livinglomonds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Big-Dig-East-Lomond-Hill-Fort.pdf
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Joy over double Stone Age find in Fife by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016
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From The Scotsman 17/07/2003 Two hugely significant Neolithic finds have been made in Fife within weeks of each other, thanks to sharp-eyed amateur archeologists. Historic Scotland has confirmed that intricate markings on boulders on the Binn Hill, a volcanic plug above Burntisland, are neolithic cup and ring marks which may be 4,000 years old. In a separate find, an outstanding example of a ceremonial Neolithic axe, which may have belonged to a leader or a priest, has been unearthed in a newly ploughed field at Mid-Conlan, just below East Lomond Hill.

Amateur archeologists Colin Kilgour and Jock Moyes contacted Historic Scotland after seeing photographs of Neolithic carvings in an exhibition and recognising the designs they had seen as children playing on the Binn Hill.

"It was then we realised we had seen these markings before," explained Mr Kilgour. "When we were kids we used to play on the Binn Hill, and I remembered finding patterns just like that when we were building a gang hut. We went back and, sure enough, the carvings were still there. We knew what the markings were, but had never imagined they would be so important."

Historic Scotland is now considering the best way to protect the neolithic cup and ring marks on Binn Hill.

Fife Council archaeologist Douglas Speirs said: "It’s fantastic - truly amazing. The carvings are what is called a cup and ring design on a large boulder, with a spiral carved out on a nearby rockface.

"They are about 4,000 years old - which means they were already about 3,000 years old when the famous carvings were made in the Wemyss Caves.

"We know of examples of this style mainly from Perthshire and Argyll, and even there they are rare, so to find one here in Fife is hugely important.

"The fact that one of the cup and ring marks has not been completed gives us confirmation of the method used to carve them."

Cup and ring marks are found throughout Scotland and date from about 2000 to 3000 BC, making them up to 5,000 years old.

But only six known examples have been discovered in Fife, and one of those, in a cave at West Wemyss, was lost in a rockfall in 1902.

Common to all cup and ring carvings is a central scoop, or "cup" surrounded by spiral incisions and often surrounded by other curvilinear decorative designs.

Archeologists are unclear about the significance of the recurring patterns, with theories that they were used for making offerings of milk or blood or that they are artistic representations of elemental forces.

Despite the mystery which surrounds their creation, experts agree the find in Burntisland is of national historic significance.

Councillor William Leggatt has pushed for the site to be both recognised and protected since the discovery came to light.

"There’s a lot more in Fife and I’m quite sure there is a lot more to find on the Binn Hill itself, because it has been an important site through the ages," he said.

The actor and poet Michael Kelly, who has appeared in films with Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson, made a similarly momentous discovery when he noticed something glinting at his feet in a freshly ploughed field, while scouting for film locations.

The polished axe head, which may be 5,000 years old, is a very rare example of a ceremonial axe. The craftsmanship that has gone into its production means it could have been used or owned by an important individual or by a religious figure for ceremonial or ritual purposes.

The stone itself is probably not native to the area and appears to have been imported from another region, possibly as far away as Cumbria, probably already as a finished tool.

Such long-distance trade in fine exotic axes is well recorded in the Neolithic period and there were various centres that produced axes that supplied large geographical areas.

Mr Kelly discovered

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