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Blog – Cobbie Row’s Castle: Cubbie Row’s Castle: Cobbie Roo’s Castle: Castle of Cubbarrow: Coppirow: Cubbierow: Cubberow: Kolbein Hruga’s Castle.
Isle of Wyre, Orkneys Scotland OSGB – HY44179 26296. Canmore ID – 2665. Castle. Chapel. Norse Estate. This site, known as the oldest stone castle in Scotland, and sits upon a small hillock on the Isle of Wyre overlooking the waters towards Rousay… Continue Reading “Blog – Cobbie Row’s Castle: Cubbie Row’s Castle: Cobbie Roo’s Castle: Castle of Cubbarrow: Coppirow: Cubbierow: Cubberow: Kolbein Hruga’s Castle.”
Blog – Worksop Castle: Castle Mound: Wirkesop Castelle: Wirkesoppe Castel: Weorthsoop: Werchesoppe.
Worksop Nottinghamshire OSGB – SK 58280 78829 Scheduled Monument. Motte and bailey. Ditch cut across promontory. The location of this site is important – on a promontory overlooking the Ryton Valley, next to the old Sherwood Forest, and on an ancient trackway/road. The remains… Continue Reading “Blog – Worksop Castle: Castle Mound: Wirkesop Castelle: Wirkesoppe Castel: Weorthsoop: Werchesoppe.”
Blog – Foel Drygarn Hillfort: Foeltrigarn: Moel Trigarn
Foel Drygarn Photoscan by derekphillips on Sketchfab How to use the above link – Click on the link. Enlarge it. Hold the left hand side of the mouse or touch pad down and use the mouse/touch pad to rotate or zoom in and out… Continue Reading “Blog – Foel Drygarn Hillfort: Foeltrigarn: Moel Trigarn”
Blog – Arbory Hill Hillfort: Arbory Hill
Arbory Hill hillfort, South Lanarkshire by hfenton on Sketchfab How to use the above link – Click on the link. Enlarge it. Hold the left hand side of the mouse or touch pad down and use the mouse/touch pad to rotate or zoom in… Continue Reading “Blog – Arbory Hill Hillfort: Arbory Hill”
Blog – Horsford Castle: Castle Hill: Castle Yards: Castle of Casinet: Castle of Cheney.
Horsford, Norfolk. OSGB – TG 20539 15674 Scheduled Monument. Medieval motte and bailey. Possible ringwork. Located within the Medieval manor of Horsford, Norfolk, the site includes a deer park which provided food, hunting and wood. This Medieval motte measures 77m by 85m wide and… Continue Reading “Blog – Horsford Castle: Castle Hill: Castle Yards: Castle of Casinet: Castle of Cheney.”
Blog – Abingdon Abbey: St. Mary’s Abbey: Abbandun.
Abingdon Oxfordshire OSGB – SU 5005 9716 Scheduled Monument Monument Numbers – 237919, 1311784 Abingdon Abbey is a Medieval Abbey, church and Benedictine Monastery, with a fortified gatehouse. The size of the site developed over time especially as it is located on… Continue Reading “Blog – Abingdon Abbey: St. Mary’s Abbey: Abbandun.”
Blog – Southsea Castle: South Sea Castle: Sousey Castle: Port Sea Castle: South Castle: Chaderton Castle.
Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire. OSGB – SZ 64332 98013. Scheduled Monument. Device fort of Henry VIII built with the proceeds from the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Protects Portsmouth Harbour and defends part of the Solent. The castle was the first fully flanked… Continue Reading “Blog – Southsea Castle: South Sea Castle: Sousey Castle: Port Sea Castle: South Castle: Chaderton Castle.”
Blog – Segedunum: Wallsend
Wallsend, Tyne-and-Wear, Northumberland. OSGB – NZ 30004 66067, NZ 30037 65992. The site is located at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall and guards the River Tyne. Built on the northern banks at a bend in the river it covers 1.65… Continue Reading “Blog – Segedunum: Wallsend”
Oldbury Hill: Oldbury Camp: Oldbury Hillfort
Oldbury, Ightam, Kent. OSGB – TQ582562 Scheduled Monument. Monument Number 409479 A multivallate, Iron Age hillfort/camp, roughly diamond shaped. Contour hillfort covering approximately 50 hectares. It is the largest hillfort in the south east of England and is defended on three sides… Continue Reading “Oldbury Hill: Oldbury Camp: Oldbury Hillfort”
Bar Hill Fort/Barr Hill/LACONICUM
Antonine Wall Twechar, East Dunbartonshire NS707759 The site sits 30 meters south of the Antonine Wall and is recorded as being the highest Roman fort in Scotland. The Military Way runs between the site and the Antonine Wall and was constructed… Continue Reading “Bar Hill Fort/Barr Hill/LACONICUM”