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Chesters Hill Fort

East Lothian, GB

Chesters Hill Fort

Chesters Hill Fort is an Iron Age hill fort in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies on the north facing slope of the Drem hills, 1 mile (2 kilometres) south of the small village of Drem, 1+1⁄2 mi (2.5 km) east of Ballencrieff Castle, 2+1⁄2 mi (4 km) north of Haddington, and 2 mi (3 km) west of Athelstane

ford. The name "Chesters" comes from Latin castra, a fortified place. This fortified village with its system of ramparts and ditches around a settlement of about twenty roundhouses is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, who describe it as "one of the best-preserved examples in Scotland of an Iron age fort". The hillfort was subject to a detailed programme of survey by Rampart Scotland.

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