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<< Text Pages >> Fallburn at Tinto - Hillfort in Scotland in South Lanarkshire

Submitted by Meglett on Sunday, 26 July 2015  Page Views: 4673

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Fallburn at Tinto Alternative Name: Tinto Hillfort; Totherin Hill
Country: Scotland County: South Lanarkshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Symington  Nearest Village: Thankerton
Map Ref: NS96193674
Latitude: 55.613143N  Longitude: 3.64965W
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
5

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distantcamera visited on 19th Jan 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I saw this on the OS map when I decided to walk Tinto Hill. You could easily walk past it as it looks like raised lumpy ground with heather on it. But if you walk into the middle of it you can see the scale and get a feeling for the layout.

Hillfort in South Lanarkshire

Barely visible leaving car park and joining footpath to summit of hill. Short but uneven walk on gravel path (approx half a mile/ 0.76 kilometers).

When level with site it appears as raised lumps of heather. Closer inspection reveals the real size of this fort......nearly a hundred meters across, with three very visible furrows. To appreciate it fully means viewing from above, and that means a further walk uphill, and very worthwhile too. Update April 2017: Details on this site can be found on Canmore ID 47509, which has photographs, dimensions and a description of this hillfort.

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Fallburn at Tinto
Fallburn at Tinto submitted by distantcamera : Site in South Lanarkshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NS9636 : Fallburn Hill Fort by Mary and Angus Hogg
by Mary and Angus Hogg
©2021(licence)
NS9636 : The Tinto path by Gordon Brown
by Gordon Brown
©2008(licence)
NS9636 : Iron age fort on Tinto Hill by Elliott Simpson
by Elliott Simpson
©2012(licence)
NS9636 : Remains of Hill Fort by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
©2018(licence)
NS9636 : Northern ramparts of Fallburn Fort by Jonathan Thacker
by Jonathan Thacker
©2018(licence)

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