Perhaps the largest early #medieval hill fort in Britain has been found at Tap o’ North, nr Rhynie in Aberdeenshire - occupied by c4000 people in the 5th/6thC. With c800 dwellings, it ‘verges on the urban’
‘Mind-blowing' ancient settlement found on hilltophttp://news.sky.com/story/scotland-mind-blowing-ancient-settlement-found-on-hilltop-11988414 …
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Replying to @DrSueOosthuizen
The photos make it look like it is all in that tiny enclosure. You really need to see the lidar for the full settlement which sprawls over the hillside below it.
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Replying to @MarkWalters_ @DrSueOosthuizen
Here’s the lidar. Every one of those small sub-circular/rectangular dimples in the surface is a building. Outer enclosure wall also visible at the base of the hill. Amazing site/sightpic.twitter.com/ZFccdB8IF1
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Replying to @MarkWalters_ @DrSueOosthuizen
Were all the buildings represented by the dimples there at the same time?
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