Gordopolis 28 Report post Posted February 9, 2022 After collecting "Vandalf" (our grey campervan) from the garage after a wee upgrade, I decided to sneak in a wee bit of research reading... and a cheeky visit to Chesters Hill Fort, near North Berwick! What a place... and bloody freezing too! The site was probably a Votadini tribal stronghold during the era of #Roman occupation. It is a typical iron age hill fort or 'oppidum' - consisting of several maze-like rings of ditches and troughs, each successively higher, surrounding and protecting a high plateau where the village would have stood. The name "Chesters" derives from the Latin term "Castrum", meaning fortification. P.S. I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the Archaeology forum - mods feel free to move it if it doesn't fit here 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guy 156 Report post Posted February 9, 2022 Absolutely beautiful. Living in a concrete jungle, I find the verdant countryside breathtaking. We get to see a lot of sagebrush around here, however. LoL (The sub forum “Archaeological News: Britain and Roman-Britain” might be a better place for these posts, otherwise, it gets buried by other threads.) Thanks, again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordopolis 28 Report post Posted February 10, 2022 13 hours ago, guy said: Absolutely beautiful. Living in a concrete jungle, I find the verdant countryside breathtaking. We get to see a lot of sagebrush around here, however. LoL (The sub forum “Archaeological News: Britain and Roman-Britain” might be a better place for these posts, otherwise, it gets buried by other threads.) Thanks, again. That's one of the big plusses of living in Scotland - apart from when you are in the two major cities, you are always with mountains and countryside close to hand 😃 Thanks for the tip - I'll post to the arch group for this kind of thing in future! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
