Mountains & hills · Scottish Highlands
Tap o' Noth
In or near Kennethmont.
Tap o' Noth — Named summit at 562 m.
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About
Tap o' Noth is a mountain in highlands. (Hillfort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.) According to Wikipedia: "The Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a hillfort on its summit, 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293. It is the second highest fort in Scotland and its main feature is its well-preserved vitrified wall which encloses an area of approximately 100 m by 30 m, 0.3 hectares. Archaeological finds from the site include a stone axe head dated to between c. 2000 BC– c.800 BC, and a decorated bronze rein-ring dated to the 1st–3rd century AD. The site has been designated a scheduled monument."
- Coordinates
- 57.3515, -2.8592
Sources
- osm: n32709701 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tap o' Noth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tap o' Noth - geograph.org.uk - 93164.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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