<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Hill (Twechar) - Hillfort in Scotland in East Dunbartonshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Hill (Twechar)Country: Scotland County: East Dunbartonshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cumbernauld Nearest Village: Twechar
Map Ref: NS70917610
Latitude: 55.960511N Longitude: 4.069393W
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 |
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4 | Good |
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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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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SolarMegalith visited on 29th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
This small Iron Age hillfort occupies the summit of a hill above Twechar, just south of the Antonine Wall and east of the Bar Hill Roman fort. The ramparts of the hillfort are still partly distinguishable, especially in its northern part. The ditch of the Antonine Wall which runs north of the hillfort is in good condition.
Canmore entry.
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