Excavations at Castlelaw, Midlothian, and the Small Forts of North Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8884342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | V Gordon Childe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1933 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 1933-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581500039111 |
| OpenAlex | W2018727106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The fort at Castlelaw is one of a group of four, strung out along a front of five miles on the south-eastern slopes of the Pentlands. Like the rest, it does not occupy the summit of the hill (which is just under 1,600 ft. in height) but is built some 990 ft. above sea-level on an elevated spur projecting from the main mass which rises steeply above the fort, just out of bowshot. The spur ends in a slight knoll the oval summit of which is 93 yds. long by 40 yds. wide. This area is enclosed within a very low Inner Bank, while a more conspicuous rampart, Middle Bank, supplemented on the north only by an Outer Bank, impeded progress up the slope. Two rock-cut fosses, superficially invisible, were revealed between the ramparts by excavations carried out during 1931 and 1932. A detailed report of these operations will be published elsewhere, but the results which concern Britain on both sides of the Border may be summarized here
Archaeology · Excavation · Front (military · Geography · Physical geography · Spur · Summit · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 2003 - 2009 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |