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<< Our Photo Pages >> Finavon - Vitrified Fort in Scotland in Angus

Submitted by canmore on Monday, 11 November 2002  Page Views: 18367

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Finavon
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Vitrified Fort
Nearest Town: Forfar  Nearest Village: Aberlemno
Map Ref: NO506556
Latitude: 56.689509N  Longitude: 2.808092W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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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Finavon submitted by h_fenton : Finavon vitrified hillfort, viewed from the east. 4 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Vitrified Fort in Angus

Finavon, an elongated heavily vitrified timber-laced fort with a well in it, measures about 500' by a maximum of 120' internally. Excavations carried out in 1933-4 by Childe (1935) showed that the wall was about 20' thick and that it stood 12' internally and 16' externally beneath the grass-grown rubble. There was a row of dwellings with hearths under the shelter of the N wall. Pot-making, spinning and metal-working were carried out in the lee of the S wall. The finds, including gritty plain potsherds, stone whorls, flints, an iron ring, and a thick jet ring, are in the NMAS (Acc. Nos: AO 104, BE 480, HH 386-416).
In 1966 MacKie dug two trenches against the inner faces of the N and S ramparts, and three radio-carbon dates were obtained - c. 390, c. 480, and c. 665 BC - indicating that the fort was in use from the 7th century BC until at least the late 5th or early 4th century before being destroyed.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO5055 : A White Pheasant on Finavon Hill at dusk by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
©2008(licence)
NO5055 : Road over Hill of Finavon, Angus by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
©2008(licence)
NO5055 : The fort on Finavon Hill by Elliott Simpson
by Elliott Simpson
©2012(licence)
NO5055 : Buzzard on a Fencepost at  Finavon Hill, Angus by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
©2008(licence)
NO5055 : Strathmore from Finavon Hill by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2005(licence)

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Re: Finavon by Anonymous on Sunday, 17 September 2017
I found a stone in this area that has a distinctive letter P carved into it and on the other side a C or maybe a D. The stone is about 12 -18 inches above the ground but I often wonder what it is
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    Re: Finavon by Anne T on Monday, 18 September 2017
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    Hi, there. Do you have a photograph of your stone, or perhaps a description of its shape? It sounds like it might be a boundary marker. Does it look like Dead Friar's Stone. Any more information you could give would help to identify what it might be. Thanks.
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Re: Finavon by Anonymous on Tuesday, 08 June 2004
Condition:3
Ambience:4
Access:3

See:
http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/fschool/fsch99/finavon.htm
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Re: Finavon by MatTheCat on Sunday, 06 June 2004
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Condition: Not much left of the structure, but the verges clearly indicate the basic outline of the fort. Absolutley fantastic vantage point with views extending out to sea on a clear day. An unfortunate feature of this site is that there has been a mobile telphone mast erected 20 yards or so to the west of the old fort.

Ambience: In Earth/Cosmic energy terms, this is an immensely powerful site! Infact very probably the jewel of the whole region (and I have got around a few sites). Warning for tree-huggers though, although finavon hillfort is essentially a hugely positive place, it is also an extremely heavy place. This site was for a long time the most important military establishment in the region and the residual energies remind the sentient modern day sacred sites day-tripper exactly how hardcore and violent this site once was! Words that would best describe the nature of the ambience at this site would be; controlled agression; enhanced sensations of personal worth; feelings of belonging (or sometimes not belonging!!); and the fort's exculsive and distinct brand of beauty and value. I could talk in great length about this site describing its ambience and energy in great detail. But, the last thing I will mention about its ambience is the three distinct animalistic energies that occur upon this site. (This is the bit that people with a similar understanding of these things as I have might greatly apprecaite knowing about.....and others will consider mad and deluded.)

1) Large Buffalo/Bull type deity: Dispensenser of 'power vision', aggression and personal courage. An undefeated champion!

2) Elephant type ambience: Strange for Scotland but I have experienced an Elephant style ambience fairly consistently. It was autumn of 2002 when this ambience seemed to be consistantly present.

And by far the most significantly,

3) Giant Silvery Bear/Yeti type Energy Being!
Posesses Supreme Wisdom over other energy phenomena. Radiates energy which translates into immense high of pure silvery excellence. This energy being's presence can be sensed regularly but the date upon which I experienced its presence at its fullest capacity was on the morning of October 6th 2000. This remains my most valued 'earth-powers' experience and would consider trading in a limb in order to relive the experience again!

Most people reading this will consider it to be deluded madness, but I have grown bored and tired of trying to convince such people of a phenomena that I personally recognise as very tangible and a plain and simple reality of the world in which we live.

Access: 5 minutes climb from layby on single lane quaint country road.
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    Re: Finavon by Anonymous on Monday, 27 July 2009
    My family used to own this land! Was very interested in your opinions. Was wondering if you could tell me more about your findings?

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