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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Crawford Farm Fort - Hillfort in Scotland in South Lanarkshire

Submitted by ginger-tt on Sunday, 08 November 2009  Page Views: 9109

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Crawford Farm Fort
Country: Scotland County: South Lanarkshire Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NS951218
Latitude: 55.478725N  Longitude: 3.661276W
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
4 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
4

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Castle Crawford Farm Fort
Castle Crawford Farm Fort submitted by ginger-tt : Castle Crawford Farm Fort (Vote or comment on this photo)
Castle Crawford Farm Fort is a Prehistoric Hill Fort Situated on Castle Hill near Crawford in South Lanarkshire on the banks of the river Clyde.

It is one of three such forts situated on the same hill. It can be accessed via the aptly named camps road off the A702 as you leave Crawford.
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Castle Crawford Farm Fort
Castle Crawford Farm Fort submitted by h_fenton : Castle Crawford Farm Fort, photographed from the south west. Kite Aerial Photograph 23 September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Crawford Farm Fort
Castle Crawford Farm Fort submitted by h_fenton : Castle Crawford Farm Fort, photographed from the north. 23 September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Crawford Farm Fort
Castle Crawford Farm Fort submitted by h_fenton : Castle Crawford Farm Fort, photographed from the north west. 23 September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS9521 : The wall beside the Berries Burn by Gordon Brown
by Gordon Brown
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NS9521 : Sheepfolds at Castle Crawford Farm by Gordon Brown
by Gordon Brown
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NS9422 : Castle Hill, Crawford by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2022(licence)
NS9521 : Farmland near Crawford by Thomas Nugent
by Thomas Nugent
©2014(licence)
NS9521 : River Clyde by Iain Macaulay
by Iain Macaulay
©2005(licence)

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Re: Castle Crawford Farm Fort by h_fenton on Wednesday, 16 March 2011
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Castle Crawford Farm Fort is also known as Berries Burn Fort

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