Blackcastle Hill, East Lothian

Blackcastle Hill, East Lothian

Blackcastle Hill is an iron age hill fort south of Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland. It is near Cocklaw in the Lammermuir Hills at gbmapping|NT729724, at a height of convert|280|m|ft above sea level. The fort has a single defensive bank.

External links

* [http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=58973 RCAHMS entry on Blackcastle Hill]
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory2751.html Gazetteer for Scotland webpage on the Innerwick area, including Blackcastle Hill]

ee also

*Traprain Law hillfort
*Chesters Hill Fort
*White Castle, East Lothian
*Black Castle, East Lothian

*List of places in East Lothian


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