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32 relations: Angus, Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Bridei I, Bronze Age, Cheviot Hills, Craig Phadrig, Dumbarton Castle, Dunadd, Edinburgh Castle, Eildon Hill, Forfar, Gaels, George Chalmers (antiquarian), Gododdin, Hillfort, Inverness, Iron Age, Kingdom of Strathclyde, Margaret Guido, Mull of Galloway, Palisade, Pax Romana, Promontory fort, Radiocarbon dating, Rhind Lectures, Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, Scottish Borders, Sightline, Traprain Law, V. Gordon Childe, Vitrified fort, William Roy.
Angus, Scotland
Angus (Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.
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Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd) is both one of 32 unitary authority council areas and a lieutenancy area in Scotland.
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Bridei I
Bridei I, also known as Bridei, son of Maelchon, was king of the Picts from 554 to 584.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.
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Cheviot Hills
The Cheviot Hills (/'tʃiːvɪət/) are a range of rolling hills straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
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Craig Phadrig
Craig Phadrig is a forested hill on the western edge of Inverness, Scotland.
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Dumbarton Castle
Dumbarton Castle (Dùn Breatainn) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland.
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Dunadd
Dunadd (Scottish Gaelic Dùn Ad, 'fort on the Add') is an Iron Age and later hillfort in Kilmichael Glassary in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.
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Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock.
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Eildon Hill
Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town.
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Forfar
Forfar (Farfar, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council.
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Gaels
The Gaels (Na Gaeil, Na Gàidheil, Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe.
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George Chalmers (antiquarian)
George Chalmers (1742 – 31 May 1825) was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer.
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Gododdin
The Gododdin were a P-Celtic-speaking Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England), in the sub-Roman period.
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Hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.
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Inverness
Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.
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Kingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde (lit. "Strath of the River Clyde"), originally Ystrad Clud or Alclud (and Strath-Clota in Anglo-Saxon), was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the Britons in Hen Ogledd ("the Old North"), the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England.
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Margaret Guido
Cecily Margaret Guido (née Preston; 5 August 1912 – 8 September 1994), known as Peggy Piggott during her first marriage, was an English archaeologist, prehistorian, and finds specialist.
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Mull of Galloway
The Mull of Galloway (Maol nan Gall) is the southernmost point of Scotland.
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Palisade
A palisade—sometimes called a stakewall or a paling—is typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes or tree trunks and used as a defensive structure or enclosure.
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Pax Romana
The Pax Romana (Latin for "Roman Peace") was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the Roman Empire between the accession of Caesar Augustus, founder of the Roman principate, and the death of Marcus Aurelius, last of the "good emperors".
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Promontory fort
A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.
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Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Rhind Lectures
Rhind Lectures are a series of lectures on archaeological topics.
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Scotland in the Early Middle Ages
Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in southern and central Britain from around 400 CE and the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 CE.
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Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders (The Mairches, "The Marches"; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.
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Sightline
A sightline (also sight line) or visual axis is a normally unobstructed line of sight between an intended observer (or spectator) and a subject of interest, such as a stage, arena, or monument.
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Traprain Law
Traprain Law is a hill about elevation, located east of Haddington in East Lothian, Scotland.
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V. Gordon Childe
Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 1892 – 19 October 1957), better known as V. Gordon Childe, was an Australian archaeologist and philologist who specialized in the study of European prehistory.
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Vitrified fort
Vitrified forts are stone enclosures whose walls have been subjected to vitrification through heat.
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William Roy
Major-General William Roy FRS, FSA FRSE (4 May 1726 – 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillforts_in_Scotland
