Castle Law, Forgandenny

Copy of colour slide showing view of Castle Law,Forgandenny, Tayside, view of fort from east. NMRS Survey of Private Collection Digital Image Only
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Copy of colour slide showing detail of Castle Law, Forgandenny, Tayside; insc " inner face of inner wall at E end. Note massive stones, looseness of build" NMRS Survey of Private Collection Digital Image Only
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General view from W of the timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort, showing the late 19th century excavation trenches.
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View from S of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a late 19th century stone dump outside the E end of the timber-laced fort, the result of excavation by Edwin Weston Bell.
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View from E looking along the outer face of the outer timber-laced wall on the S side of the fort.
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General oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort with Strath Earn and Forgandenny beyond, looking WNW.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking SSE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking NNE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, taken from the S.
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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General view looking NW across the terrace on the N side of the fort. The remains of a large circular timber building can be seen in the centre left of the image.
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General view looking E of the inner and outer timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort.
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View from W of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a late 19th century excavation trench cutting through a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a late 19th century excavation trench at the W end of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of a circular house-platform that overlies the remains of the outer timber-laced wall on the N side of the fort.
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General oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort with Strath Earn beyond, looking E.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking SSW.
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General oblique aerial view of Castle Law, Forgandenny, looking W.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Verso
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Castle Law fort and excavation trenches, taken from the W.
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Example of surviving wall-face of one of the timber-laced walls.
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View from W of a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law, Forgandenny, fort, taken from the SSW.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort under snow, looking NNE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking NNW.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking WNW.
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General oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking S.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking SSE.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, Verso
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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and excavation trenches, taken from the NE.
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Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a late 19th century excavation trench cutting through a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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General view from W of the innermost timber-laced wall at the SE corner of the fort.
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General view from W of the timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort, showing the late 19th century excavation trenches.
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General view from the W of the ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking N.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking N.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking WSW.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking NW.
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Plan of fort on Castle Law, Forgandenny
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General oblique aerial view with Castle Law fort in the foreground and Dunning beyond, looking W.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Copy of colour slide showing general view of Castle Law, Forgandenny, Tayside, view of fort from SW. NMRS Survey of Private Collection Digital Image Only
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and excavation trenches, with the remains of the framstead adjacent, taken from the NW.
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Example of vitrified rock found in the debris below the outermost timber-laced wall on the South side of the fort.
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General view from W of the timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort, showing the late 19th century excavation trenches.
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General view from W of the timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort, showing the late 19th century excavation trenches.
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View from W of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of the row of timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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View from West of the row of timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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General view from E of the entrance at the E end of the timber-laced fort.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law, Forgandenny, fort, taken from the SSE.
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Survey drawing ; fort, Castlelaw, Forgandenny
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking S.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking WSW.
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General oblique aerial view with Castle Law fort in the foreground and Dunning beyond, looking W.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and excavation trenches, taken from the SW.
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General view from W of the timber-laced walls on the S side of the fort, showing the late 19th century excavation trenches.
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View from W of one of the circular timber-houses in the enclosure attached to the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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General view from the W of the ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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View from E of one of the timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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General view from E of the entrance at the E end of the timber-laced fort.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law, Forgandenny, fort, taken from the NNE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort under snow, looking NE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking NNE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking SSW.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking SE.
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Oblique aerial view of Castle Law fort, looking NW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and excavation trenches, with the remains of the framstead adjacent, taken from the N.
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View from E of one of the circular timber-houses in the enclosure attached to the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a circular house platform on the N side of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of the row of timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of the row of timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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View from W of the row of timber house platforms that are situated between the two sets of ramparts and ditches lying immediately S of the timber-laced fort.
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Castlelaw, Forgandenny, Fort, digital publication plan
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Comparative plans of hillforts with timber-laced walls or ramparts in the NE province from Feachem in Rivet (ed) The Iron Age in N Britain.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Castle Law, Forgandenny, NO01NE 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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General view of Mr Ian Parker (RCAHMS) using differential GPS to survey a small cairn overlying the inner wall of the timber-laced fort.
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

Alternative name(s): Culteuchar Hill

Canmore ID: 26583

Site type: Bank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Fort (period Unassigned), Roundhouse(s) (prehistoric), Vitrified Stone (period Unassigned)

County: Perthshire

Parish: Forgandenny

Council: Perth And Kinross