Castle O'er
This ancient hillfort is on the Eskdale
Prehistoric Trail in the parishes of Westerkirk
and Eskdalemuir, Scotland
Historical digs have been done on the site
and material from the site carbon dates around 50ad.

Picture taken from top of the fort looking back across the O'er Forest

Picture taken about half way up on the path to the top of the fort

Wildflowers growing near the fort path

Thistle growing on top of the fort area

Over Rig
Concentric Embankments of unknown origin
Down the road just a bit from the Castle O'er
hillfort. Wooden dirks have been found at this site

If you examine the photo, you can see ridges in the ground forming a circular shape This is the outline of the rig

This marker describes the site and the findings that were discovered there in 1989

You can see the vague backside lines of the rig in this photo.

Beneath the rig flows the White Esk river

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