Although things might be a little different on your visit, you can still enjoy exploring Castlelaw Hill Fort.
Find out more about this historic place below.
Journey inside
A major point of interest in a visit to Castlelaw is the underground feature in the middle ditch, known to archaeologists as an earth house or souterrain. In Scotland, these earth houses are found along the eastern seaboard, and quite a few are in Historic Environment Scotland’s care.
Finds from the souterrain at Castlelaw suggest it was in use during the period when Romans were active in southern Scotland, though the fort itself may have been largely abandoned by this time.
Roman finds at Castlelaw all date to the AD 100s, and they include an enamelled bronze, brooch, glass bottle fragments, Roman pottery, and a Romano-Celtic mounting.
These finds are of some importance in understanding the relationship between the Romans and the locals in Northern Britain. The presence of these items suggest that the local population were either getting gifts from, or trading with, the Romans.