View SW of a chevaux-de-frise (defensive setting of upright stones) outside Cademuir II Iron Age hillfort, on Cademuir Hill, Scottish Borders, UK.
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Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4961 x 3890 px | 42 x 32.9 cm | 16.5 x 13 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
25 May 1988Location:
Cademuir Hill, Peebles, Tweeddale, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UKMore information:
View SW of the chevaux-de-frise (a defensive setting of upright stones) outside the main stone rampart (6m/20ft thick) & a walled enclosure on the E side of Cademuir II Iron Age hillfort, Scottish Borders, UK. The jagged stones are hidden in a gulley out of sight from attackers approaching from the NE. Over 100 stones survive running back for 80m (262ft) from the steep S face of the ridge. The fort was in use from the later 1st millennium BC into the 1st century AD. The larger Cademuir I hillfort lies uphill to the NE (to L & rear of camera position) on the summit of Cademuir Hill. To the rear of this view is a glimpse of the beautiful valley of the Manor Water.