I work in archaeology and data science in Scotland. https://journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.5334/jcaa.166 https://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lu2x5dqii223For #HillfortsWednesday here's an old favourite, a view of the timber laced rampart at Castle Law, Abernethy under excavation. Photographed by P M Macintyre in 1898. 📸HES www.trove.scot/place/2791716 Jul 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu2x5dqii223https://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3ltjdr6tdbk2eThe fort of Brae Brough, on Hoy, in Orkney, is a short distance north of the famous rock stack of the Old Man of Hoy. The fort is almost a rock stack itself with a 325m vertical drop along it’s seaward side. www.trove.scot/place/1480 #HillfortsWednesday 📸 HES09 Jul 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjdr6tdbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lsttvksn3c2fI try to avoid politics, but criticism of the Israeli state for its genocidal milliary actions in Palestine is not antisemitic. UN experts have called it a genocide. It is a fact. We can all see this.30 Jun 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsttvksn3c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lruouhm2ss2s#HillfortsWednsday [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruouhm2ss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lrczysfdi22zFor anyone interested in Iron Age / Early Med forts in Scotland (hillfort being a non-preferred term in Scotland), I'd like to highlight this talk by Strat Halliday. Strat worked through all the forts in Scotland as part of the Hillforts Atlas and is one of the foremost experts on the subject. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrczysfdi22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lrcub2fwvc2zTynron Doon, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, commands a spur of Auchengibbert Hill and has at least three lines of massive ramparts and ditches with ramparts standing up to 6.5m height and rock cut ditches from 7 to 15m in breadth. #HillfortsWednesday https://canmore.org.uk/site/65300/tynron-doon 📸 HES11 Jun 2025 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcub2fwvc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lqu6pps5nk2wThere are just 20 days left until Canmore is retired. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, or directly to the trove team at trove@hes.scot. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqu6pps5nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lqrzgxlyjc2s#HillfortsWednesday [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrzgxlyjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lqrgga2yi223Arbory Hill Fort, in South Lanarkshire, is one of the higher forts in Scotland. The inner stone-walled rampart has been inserted into the earlier bi-vallate fort, and the outer ramparts contain at least five entrances. #HillfortsWednesday canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a... 📸HES04 Jun 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrgga2yi223https://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lqa5akgm2s2b#HillfortsWednesday [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqa5akgm2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lq7y4rxumk2bWoden Law in the Scottish Boarders is a complex Iron Age fort with multiple phases of construction and remodeling and the fort is associated with earthworks outside the fort. The fort's relationship to these remains a question to be answered. canmore.org.uk/site/58068 #HillfortsWednesday 📸HES28 May 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7y4rxumk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lpgw42sks224This is a really useful thread with valuable examples of differences in service. For those that can't feedback via the trove feedback form I will be screenshot posts and feeding them back to the Trove team. To help find them it would be useful if posts contained the word Trove. Thanks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2025 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpgw42sks224https://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lp4vocn4422bHere is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4vocn4422bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wulfgarthebard.bsky.social/post/3lp4igyei7s24Looking down from the rampart of Burnswalk, D&G, to the roman camp to the south of the fort. The Roman ballista platforms can be seen set in front of entrances which are wide enough for 40 people. This location on the rampart has been found to be saturated with lead shot. #HillfortsWednesday 📷my own14 May 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:2n6jmskvu3gdndnu3vpodeaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4igyei7s24