Castle Hill (Elgin)

Nearest town:
Elgin (6km WSW)
OS reference:
NJ27366340
OS sheet:
28
Latitude:
57° 39' 16.99 N
Longitude:
3° 13' 2.55 W
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Castle Hill (Elgin)

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 15, 2011

Castle Hill is a tree shrouded hill with steepish sides making it a good place to defend. To the north is a 35 meter long trench which is in some parts at least 2 meters deep. The southern bank of the trench being at least a meter higher than the northern part.

From Llanbryde take Burnside Road north until the road ends. Turn right and take the 2nd farm track road south. The fort can’t be missed, it is straight in front.

From here I was going to look for the Meft cairn but a writing malfunction led to me writing down the wrong grid ref. So looking and climbing the two nearest hills south didn’t do me much good as the cairn was in the field to the north. Next time.

Visited 14/07/2011.

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