Old photograph of Castle Law Hill, South west of Fairmilehead, in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes. The Castlelaw Hill Fort is the remnant of a stronghold of the Iron Age. When it was occupied the site consisted of three earthwork ramparts, ditches and timber palisades. The fort contained a Souterrain for the storage of agricultural produce. Gordon Childe undertook excavations at Castlelaw in 1932. The work focussed on the rampart, and showed that it consisted of a clay and timber filling, faced by stone.
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