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<< Our Photo Pages >> Devonshaw Hill - Hillfort in Scotland in South Lanarkshire

Submitted by ginger-tt on Sunday, 08 November 2009  Page Views: 4440

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Devonshaw Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.985 km away from the location you searched for.

County: South Lanarkshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NS954283
Latitude: 55.537170N  Longitude: 3.658986W
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.
3 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
4

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Devonshaw Hill
Devonshaw Hill submitted by ginger-tt : Devonshaw Hill (Vote or comment on this photo)
Devonshaw Hillfort is on a rocky knoll at the end of the steep-sided spur that projects SW from Devonshaw Hill, about 430m NE of Woodend farmhouse, is occupied by the remains of a fort and enclosure.

The site is located about 1 mile from Abington Service station at junction 13 of the m74, on the A702 Edinburgh Road and can be seen from some distance.
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Devonshaw Hill
Devonshaw Hill submitted by ginger-tt : Devonshaw Hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS9528 : Fort, Devonshaw Hill by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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NS9528 : A hill fort on Devonshaw Hill by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2010(licence)
NS9528 : Fort, Devonshaw Hill by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2023(licence)
NS9528 : Site of fort on Devonshaw Hill by Alan O'Dowd
by Alan O'Dowd
©2022(licence)
NS9528 : A boulder at the hill fort on Devonshaw Hill by Walter Baxter
by Walter Baxter
©2010(licence)

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