East Lomond Hillfort Tour | Fife | Hillwalking in Scotland

Due to strong winds, headphones are recommended for a better audio quality. This week we went to Fife for a hillfort tour of East Lomond, one of the 'Paps of Fife'. Initially, there was a low cloud and it was windy throughout, so I added subtitles to make up for all the wind noise. It was an interesting walk, perhaps half as long as West Lomond, which we had to leave for another day. We went up to the top the steep way and then made our way round past the old lime kiln on the way back. We parked in the Craigmead Car Park, which offers access to both East and West Lomond. This Iron Age-style hillfort likely belonged to the Venicones tribe. There is no obvious wall like in some of the other hillforts we have visited. There are only vague outlines suggesting walls, bumps and lines suggesting former buildings. However, excavations uncovered plenty of things, for example prehistoric and Roman pottery, a Bronze ring-headed pin, an iron horse-bit, shale and glass armlets, an ingot mould, a crucible and a rotary quern. The abundance of everyday items suggests a site which was occupied permanently. Even a Bronze Age tomb was found. The very first thing they found was a Pictish stone depicting a 'steer', a castrated bullock, which may point to the use of agriculture in the surrounding area.
Here is a picture of the Pictish stone found at the East Lomond hillfort: nms.scran.ac.uk/database/resul..."East+Lomond+Hill"&searchdb=scran
You can find the archaeology notes on the hillfort here: canmore.org.uk/site/29881/eas...
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[@majfauxpas]

Thanks for the lovely film, and for showing the layout and descriptions of the area… things that can’t be seen on Google Earth, along with birds and wind

[@DaveDoesOutdoors]

Enjoyed that - it’s a place we visit regularly
Have a good weekend
Atb

[@OnMistyMountains]

Thank you! 😊

[@BarryAllanScottart]

Wow! Imagine living up there!
I wonder if the hillforts were built so prominently so that they could signal each other, as well as the obvious defensive advantages?

[@edinburghwalks9137]

Beautiful place to walk .

[@OnMistyMountains]

It really is, especially when you get a full view around the whole area. It's so out in the open though, it's hard to escape any weather conditions. :D

[@sperrinoutdoors7642]

Great shots buddy nice area loved it why don't we support each others channels looks like we enjoy similar stuff . All the best from Ireland

[@OnMistyMountains]

Thanks! I'll definitely have a look at some of your videos. All the prehistoric stuff in Ireland looks very interesting! :)