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Clatchard Craig was a Pictish hill-fort located near Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. The fort of Clatchard Craig was located on a hill of the same name by the Tay. A human presence on the site has been identified from the neolithic period onward and the fort itself was occupied from the sixth century AD until at least the eighth century.〔(The site record for Clatchard Craig at RCAHMS )〕 It stood close to several places which were centres of secular and religious power during the early Middle Ages including Abernethy,〔(The Monuments of Abernethy at RCAHMS )〕 Forteviot,〔(A discussion of Pictish Forteviot )〕〔(Current Archeological Excavations at Forteviot )〕 Scone and Moncreiffe.〔(Moncrieffe Hill at RCAHMS )〕 As such it seems to have been an important stronghold of the Picts. While occupied as a fortress, it consisted of a series of six ramparts surrounding a building on the summit of the hill.〔 The high status of the site was indicated by the presence of fine metalworking activity within its perimeter.〔 The fort's walls were vitrified at some point suggesting that the site had once been destroyed by fire. The date of this burning is unknown.〔 In the late twentieth century AD Clatchard Craig was entirely destroyed by quarrying for aggregate authorised by the British Ministry of Transport.〔(Excavation Summary by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland )〕 The former site of the fort, now privately owned,〔(Breedon Aggregates Limited. )〕 remains a quarry. ==Location of the Fort== The fort of Clatchard Craig was situated on a hill of 119m height overlooking the coastal plain of the Tay. The town of Newburgh, founded during the Middle Ages, now occupies the land between the site of the fort and the river.〔 The fort stood on the western side of the mouth of a valley which led South to central Fife. The eastern side of the valley-mouth was occupied by the peak of 'Mare's Craig' which produced several ancient artefacts but was never excavated.〔(Mare's Craig at RCAHMS. )〕 'Mare's Craig' was also destroyed by quarrying during the twentieth century. A single-walled fort known as 'Black Cairn Hill'〔(Site record of Black Cairn Hill at RCAHMS )〕 is situated to the south-west of the former Clatchard Craig and is still largely intact. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clatchard Craig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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