Green Castle, Portknockie
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Green Castle, Portknockie
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Green Castle is a naturally defended rocky outcrop in the village of Portknockie in Moray, Scotland, that was occupied successively by small promontory forts of the Iron Age and Pictish periods. The site forms a rocky headland 70 metres (230 ft) long and 15 metres (49 ft) wide, surrounded by steep cliffs rising 20 metres (66 ft) high above the sea. The site was extensively excavated between 1976 and 1982. During the Iron Age a single palisade was built to protect the headland at its landward sid
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Archaeological site in Moray, Scotland, UK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Castle,_Portknockie
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2023-07-30T14:23:08Z
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