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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunsapie Crag - Hillfort in Scotland in Midlothian

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 01 April 2017  Page Views: 6693

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunsapie Crag Alternative Name: Dunsapie Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.447 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Midlothian Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Edinburgh
Map Ref: NT28177316
Latitude: 55.946089N  Longitude: 3.151686W
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.
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
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Dunsapie Crag
Dunsapie Crag submitted by SolarMegalith : Dunsapie Crag - view from Arthur's Hill (photo taken on March 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Midlothian. Remains of an Iron Age fort occupy the top of Dunsapie Crag and are perfectly visible from the nearby massif of Arthur's Seat. The walls are mostly robbed and in some areas replaced by rocky crags constituting natural part of the defences, nevertheless the overall plan of the fort it still distinguishable.

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Dunsapie Crag
Dunsapie Crag submitted by SolarMegalith : View over Dunsapie Loch towards Dunsapie Crag (photo taken on March 2017). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunsapie Crag
Dunsapie Crag submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart in the western part of Dunsapie Crag fort (photo taken on March 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunsapie Crag
Dunsapie Crag submitted by SolarMegalith : Dunsapie Crag in its landscape context - view from Arthur's Seat (photo taken on March 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunsapie Crag
Dunsapie Crag submitted by SolarMegalith : View over the rampart in the western part of the fort (photo taken on March 2017). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT2873 : View from Arthur's Seat by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2011(licence)
NT2873 : View over Dunsapie by Rob Farrow
by Rob Farrow
©2012(licence)
NT2873 : Dunsapie Loch, Holyrood Park by Sarah Charlesworth
by Sarah Charlesworth
©2008(licence)
NT2873 : Dunsapie Loch and Dunsapie by Stephen Sweeney
by Stephen Sweeney
©2010(licence)
NT2873 : Dunsapie Crag by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)

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Re: Dunsapie Crag by JAGamble on Tuesday, 20 September 2022
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The excavations carried out in September 2022 at Dunsapie have been documented at the following link: Holyrood Archaeology 2022 Season
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