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Castle Craig


Castle Craig fort occupied a position on a promontory (known as Castle Craig) projecting above what is now Tillicoultry, but nothing now remains as it was destroyed by quarrying.

Originally it consisted of a central circular enclosure with a diameter of around 35 metres, with walls some 3 to 4 metres thick. Around this were two further concentric walls, spaced at a distance of around 7.5m.

Approximately 10m to the north of the concentric rings was a rock-cut ditch, backed up with a stone wall, running across the promontory and cutting off the tip on which the fort stood. This formed an area of some 90m wide by 60m deep.

Writing in 1875, the antiquary Miss Christian Maclagan notes that some locals recalled that within living memory the fort had a roof made of stone, although they couldn’t describe what the roof was like, so perhaps it was a mistake or an invention.

By the mid-1950s the nearby quarry was encroaching on the fort, and by the mid-1960s it had destroyed it completely.

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Alternative names for Castle Craig

Tillicoultry; Tillicoultry Castle

Where is Castle Craig?

Castle Craig is in the parish of Tillicoultry and the county of Clackmannanshire.

Grid reference: NS 9116 9769

Lat / long: 56.159463, -3.753911

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Ancient sites near Castle Craig

St Serf's Church standing stones

2.5km away

Lipney standing stone

6.8km away

Dumyat fort

7.9km away

Airthrey Stone standing stone

9.8km away

Pendreich standing stone

10.0km away

Easter Moss souterrain

10.1km away

Pathfoot Stone standing stone

10.6km away

Fairy Knowe cairn

11.5km away

Gleneagles A standing stone

11.9km away
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Castles near Castle Craig

Tillicoultry Castle (site of)

0.3km away

Sauchie Tower

2.5km away

Castle Campbell

5.2km away

Alloa Tower

5.7km away

Clackmannan Tower

5.8km away

Menstrie Castle

6.3km away

Tullibody Castle (site of)

6.6km away

Kennet (site of)

6.9km away

Glen Devon motte (site of)

7.0km away
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Pictish stones near Castle Craig

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

5.1km away

Blackford Class I symbol stone

12.2km away

Tullibole Class III cross slab

14.6km away

Old Kilmadock 1 Class II symbol stone

21.0km away

Old Kilmadock 2 Class I symbol stone

21.0km away

Dupplin Cross Class III cross

25.4km away

Fowlis Wester Class II cross-slab

26.4km away

Fowlis Wester Church Class III cross-slab

26.4km away

Strathmiglo Class I symbol stone

32.2km away
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Pictish sites near Castle Craig

Norrie's Law hoard

50.6km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

53.5km away

Borland silver chain

53.6km away

Haddington silver chain

64.7km away

Traprain Law silver chain

70.6km away

Whitlaw silver chain

76.6km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

78.4km away

Hoardweel silver chain

94.9km away

Dunnicaer fort

130.8km away
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Accommodation near Castle Craig

Castle Campbell Hotel
hotelDollar
5.1km away
Claremont Lodge Hotel
hotelAlloa
5.4km away
Broomhall Castle
hotelAlva
5.8km away
Sheriffmuir Inn
hotel, pub, restaurantDunblane
9.5km away
An Lochan Tormaukin
hotel, bar, restaurantGleneagles
10.5km away
Stirling Management Centre
hotelStirling
10.6km away
Airth Castle Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantAirth
10.9km away
Express By Holiday Inn Stirling
hotelStirling
11.2km away
Blackford Hotel
hotelBlackford
11.3km away
Premier Inn Falkirk North
hotel, restaurantFalkirk
11.8km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Castle Craig

Sheriffmuir Inn
hotel, pub, restaurantDunblane
9.5km away
An Lochan Tormaukin
hotel, bar, restaurantGleneagles
10.5km away
Airth Castle Hotel
hotel, bar, restaurantAirth
10.9km away
Premier Inn Falkirk North
hotel, restaurantFalkirk
11.8km away
Premier Inn Stirling City Centre
hotel, restaurantStirling
11.8km away
Papa Joe's Stirling
restaurantStirling
12.4km away
The Stirling Highland Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barStirling
12.4km away
Premier Inn Stirling South (M9, J9)
hotel, restaurantStirling
13.7km away
Premier Inn Falkirk (Larbert)
hotel, restaurant, barLarbert
15.3km away
Premier Inn Falkirk Central
hotel, restaurantFalkirk
17.8km away
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Published on the 28th of March 2011 at 12:36 am. Updated on the 16th of May 2011 at 11:42 pm.

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