http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Hill forts en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:01:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258592 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:41:11 +0000 acsimpson 258592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It looks like you need to be a little careful with the pastmap if you want to find somewhere on the ground.</p> <p>Maybury Casino for instance is marked 200m due north of it's actual location. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258536 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:15:52 +0000 jdanielp 258536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo shame you didn't make it - it's the fort that counts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258530 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:44:08 +0000 steveo 258530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is one past Romano Bridge on the Drove road where I had intended to camp last year but didn't make it before dark. Need to try and get down for a look. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258515 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:22:16 +0000 Roibeard 258515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Using IwratS's link, it turns out the knoll is listed:</p> <p><a href="http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB47715" rel="nofollow">http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB47715</a></p> <p>Despite my previous suggestion, it's early 18th Century, but part of the landscaping for the house, on an existing glacial feature.</p> <p>Begs the question as to why it wasn't mapped in the 1850s survey!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258513 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:55:32 +0000 barnton-to-town 258513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks @roibeard :) :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258512 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:50:02 +0000 Roibeard 258512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Barton-to-town - If you're speaking about this grove of trees, to the south of the tower:</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/8Xn1fcEU2jQ2" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/8Xn1fcEU2jQ2</a></p> <p>Then it isn't shown on the 1850s OS map, but appears by the 1890s.</p> <p>I'd suggest that it was part of the landscaping being done in the time between the house being called "New Saughton" and "Cammo".</p> <p><a href="http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426699#zoom=5&amp;lat=3450&amp;lon=12356&amp;layers=BT" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426699#zoom=5&amp;lat=3450&amp;lon=12356&amp;layers=BT</a></p> <p><a href="http://maps.nls.uk/view/75512741#zoom=5&amp;lat=3153&amp;lon=6412&amp;layers=BT" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk/view/75512741#zoom=5&amp;lat=3153&amp;lon=6412&amp;layers=BT</a></p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258503 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:36:12 +0000 crowriver 258503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Visited Castlelaw hill fort with No.1 son the other week while walking in the Pentlands (special equipment required i.e.. boots, rucksack; see CityWalingEdinburgh thread). Well worth a visit but beware the far end of the main tunnel seems to be in use as an informal toilet... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258493 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:27:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 258493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers PS. See also the mind-boggling <a href="http://pastmap.org.uk">PastMap.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258492 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:25:59 +0000 barnton-to-town 258492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Which prompts me to ask .... in Cammo Estate, just along from the water tower, there is a mound which is been topped off with trees and surrounded by what is now a low level wall.</p> <p>Any idea what this was historically? I've often wondered, but not had much joy from internet searches. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18068#post-258486 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:55:14 +0000 PS 258486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Found this useful resource atlas that maps Britain's hillforts:<br /> <a href="https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/">Hill forts</a> </p> <p>It's the result of a four year project that has mapped over 4000 confirmed and possible hill forts. East Lothian and the Borders are positively swarming with them. </p>