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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort Alternative Name: Wallace Monument
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.927 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Stirling Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Stirling  Nearest Village: Causewayhead
Map Ref: NS80949565
Latitude: 56.138654N  Longitude: 3.917527W
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
2 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.
4 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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Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort
Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort submitted by rogerkread : A dreich day - the best of a poor set of photos I took of the humps and bumps of the fort around the Wallace monument. That's it trying to get in on the act on the left. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Vitrified Fort in Stirling

Near the north end of Abbey Craig there is a fort, which has been damaged by the construction within it of the Wallace Monument. All that remain is a substantial turf-covered bank, crescentic on plan and 260ft in length, the ends of which lie close to the brink of the precipice that forms the W face of the hill.

The bank stands to a maximum height of 5ft above the level of the interior and presumably represents a ruined timber-laced wall since numerous pieces of vitrified stones have been found on the slopes immediately below it. The entrance presumably lay between one end of the bank and the lip of the precipice, but both of the areas concerned have been disturbed by the construction of modern approaches.

Source: Canmore ID 47113 which contains extensive notes, an archaeological evaluation from September 2011 and the report of a field visit from September 2012.
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Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort
Abbey Craig Vitrified Fort submitted by Antonine : 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NS8095 : Wallace Monument by Dave Thompson
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NS8095 : Behind the National Wallace Monument by Gerald England
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NS8095 : Wallace Monument from Stirling Castle by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2012(licence)
NS8095 : The back of the Wallace Monument by Gerald England
by Gerald England
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NS8095 : Wallace Monument, Stirling by Phillip Gamble
by Phillip Gamble
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Abbey Craig Big Dig, 7th –10th September 2012 by Andy B on Friday, 07 September 2012
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7th –10th September 2012 , 10-16.00 each day
Contact: Murray Cook, Stirling Council.
Tel: 07929848145
Where: National Wallace Monument, Causewayhead, Stirling, FK9 5LF
NS 8063 9560
http://www.stirling.gov.uk

Stirling Council’s Archaeologist and Ranger Service in collaboration with the Cowane’s Hospital Trust are running an archaeological training dig on the Dark Age Hillfort at Abbey Craig, upon which the Wallace Monument was built. Please bring stout boots, appropriate clothing, a packed lunch and a spade and a sieve.
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