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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunnicaer Hillfort Alternative Name: Dun-Na-Caer, Stonehaven, DinnacairCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Stonehaven
Map Ref: NO88218464
Latitude: 56.952858N Longitude: 2.195456W
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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 |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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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In 1832 some local youths climbed the stack and threw several stones into the sea from a low, buried, wall along part of the edge of the rock. Subsequently a number of them were recovered, at least six of them bearing Pictish symbols. Alexander Thomson (1862) purchased five of the stones and had them preserved at Banchory House where four of them are built into a wall.
In 2015 a team from Aberdeen University uncovered the remains of house, a fireplace and ramparts. Lead archaeologist Gordon Noble said: “Here we’ve got clear evidence of people living on the sea stack at least for part of the year. Certainly people are living here for long enough to create this really nice, well constructed hearth and these lovely floor layers.”
Access to this remote cliff-top site is extremely difficult and dangerous.
Note: 'Significant' Pictish fort found on Aberdeenshire coast near Stonehaven
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