This fortified village with its system of ramparts and ditches around a settlement of about twenty roundhouses is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, who describe it as "one of the best-preserved examples in Scotland of an Iron age fort".[1]
The hillfort was subject to a detailed programme of survey by Rampart Scotland.[2]
chesters, hill, fort, roman, fort, hadrian, wall, cilurnum, iron, hill, fort, east, lothian, scotland, lies, mile, kilometres, south, drem, east, ballencrieff, castle, north, haddington, west, athelstaneford, name, chesters, comes, from, latin, castra, fortifi. For the Roman fort on Hadrian s Wall see Cilurnum Chesters Hill Fort is an Iron Age hill fort in East Lothian Scotland It lies 1 mile 2 kilometres south of Drem 1 1 2 mi 2 5 km east of Ballencrieff Castle 2 1 2 mi 4 km north of Haddington and 2 mi 3 km west of Athelstaneford The name Chesters comes from Latin castra a fortified place This fortified village with its system of ramparts and ditches around a settlement of about twenty roundhouses is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland who describe it as one of the best preserved examples in Scotland of an Iron age fort 1 The hillfort was subject to a detailed programme of survey by Rampart Scotland 2 Photo gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp See also editList of hill forts in Scotland List of places in East LothianReferences edit Historic Scotland Chesters Hill Fort Retrieved 23 November 2014 Rampart Scotland Publications Retrieved 23 November 2014 55 59 36 89 N 2 47 26 21 W 55 9935806 N 2 7906139 W 55 9935806 2 7906139 nbsp This East Lothian article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chesters Hill Fort amp oldid 1210241879, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
