Castleton,_Angus

Castleton, Angus

Castleton, Angus

Human settlement in Scotland

Castleton, officially Castleton Of Eassie, is a village in Angus, Scotland.[1] This settlement is situated along the A94 road between Glamis and Meigle.[2] One mile to the south is the village of Eassie and Eassie Old Church, noted for the presence of the Eassie Stone; this carved Pictish stone is dated prior to the Early Middle Ages.[3] Slightly further to the south lies Ark Hill within the Sidlaw Hills.

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Castleton Hotel stands on the medieval fortification that gives the settlement its name, an enormous defensive mound surrounded by a broad ditch. The rectangular earthwork is 12-to-14-foot (3.7 to 4.3 m) deep in the north-east, with a three-foot internal rampart, elsewhere it is shallower. There are no visible remains of the buildings of the medieval castle, which were perhaps largely of wood.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Castleton of Eassie". Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland.
  2. [2]
    United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger (2005)
  3. [3]
    C.Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, 7 Oct. 2007


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