Fort interior looking north west.
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North west section.
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North section of the fort.
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North east part of the fort.
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The east side.
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A little bit of erosion shows some building materials.
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Taken from the south east.
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Parked in front of the Green Castle and walked along the coastal path for about a 1/2 mile to the east, basically I followed the signs. Today it was wild, windy with snow showers.
The rock comes from the Lower Dalradian era making it some 650 million years old. Simply stunning, take care walking along the cliff top path there isn’t much between it and the North Sea.
Visited 30/11/09.
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The forts entrance which looks over to Portknockie.
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The southern rampart.
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Looking west towards Tronach Point another cliff fort. Also shows the remains of a building in the fort. There are also several deep holes.
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The northern defences.
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The forts interior.
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The steep path leading to the fort.
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Looking up to ramparts.
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The Green Castle.
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Portknockie, which means hilly port, is very pretty little village found on the Moray coast situated on the A942. The Iron Age fort is very easily found as it overlooks the harbour and village. Fortunately the locals have a good sense of history and have a marker board indicating the forts location.
A fairly steep climb leads into the forts interior. Look west and the fort at Tronach Point can be seen. Southern ramparts remain whilst the other three sides are protected by cliffs. Within the fort are the remains of a fairly substantial building and several large holes possibly for large wooden posts. Many caves are also in the area. The harbour is on the forts western side.
It’s good to see the local community actively take part in looking after ancient history. In fact the fishing industry is taken very seriously here as several monuments indicate. No bad thing!
Visited 21/9/09.
Canmore’s discoveries at the coastal fort.
Sites within 20km of Green Castle
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Bow Fiddle Rock
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Tronach Point
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Foulford Bridge
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Chalmers Slack
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Moss Hill Plantation
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Davie’s Castle
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Tarrieclerack
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Deskford ritual centre
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Crathie Point
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Ha’ Hillock
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Sandend
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Durn Hill
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Hillside
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Meikle Hill
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King’s Cairn
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Upper Auchenreath
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Tor Sliasg
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Cowiemuir
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Cloven Stone
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St Brandan’s Stanes
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White Stone
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Knock Hill
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Whitehill
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Knock Hill
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Browlands
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Oakenknowes
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Boghead
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King’s Chair
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Thorax
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Battlefield
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Wether Hill
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Killiesmont
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Mill Of Boyndie
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Conjure Cairn
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Monk’s Cairn
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Kemps Cairn
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Binn Hill
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Colleonard
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Wallfield
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Hill Of Alvah
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Lusy Law
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Hill Of Cairns 2
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Speys Law (2)
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