<< Our Photo Pages >> Mither Tap - Hillfort in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Mither TapCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: NJ682224 Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.291096N Longitude: 2.529232W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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stolinskie visited on 1st Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2 incredible place! various ways to get up to the hillfort
megalithicmatt visited on 1st Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Partially rebuilt but still feels somewhat authentic and it has the best views in Aberdeenshire.
FrothNinja visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2
HaggisAction have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 2
Mither Tap at NJ 682 224. This the third highest hill fort surrounds the bare granite rock outcrop of the most easterly of the Bennachie summits. Although not the highest point of the Bennachie massif it is the most prominent. The site was occupied between 1000BC and 1000AD with at least two sets of defences. The main defence, formed by a well-built stone wall running from N to SE about 30 m below the summit of the outcrop, is clearly marked. In places, the wall-faces and traces of a parapet-walk can be seen. There is a clear entrance, flanked by an outer protective work, now very ruinous. An inner wall is now difficult to detect about half way up the scree round the tor, as are internal structures, though ten hut formations have been recorded in the past.
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