Eildon Hill(s)
| hillfort, bronze age
United Kingdom /
Scotland /
Melrose /
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/ United Kingdom
/ Scotland
/ Melrose
World / United Kingdom / Scotland
hillfort, bronze age
lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is sometimes pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak.
The north hilltop (of three peaks) is surrounded by over 5 km (3 miles) of ramparts, enclosing an area of about 16 ha (40 acres) in which at least 300 level platforms have been cut into the rock to provide bases for turf or timber-walled houses..Excavations have found evidence that the hill fort was occupied by 1000 BC, in the Bronze age. The ramparts seem to have been built and rebuilt in three phases
The north hilltop (of three peaks) is surrounded by over 5 km (3 miles) of ramparts, enclosing an area of about 16 ha (40 acres) in which at least 300 level platforms have been cut into the rock to provide bases for turf or timber-walled houses..Excavations have found evidence that the hill fort was occupied by 1000 BC, in the Bronze age. The ramparts seem to have been built and rebuilt in three phases
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eildon_Hill
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Coordinates: 55°34'58"N 2°42'41"W
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