Craig Phadrig, Archaeological site at Craig Phadrig summit, Scotland
Craig Phadrig is a summit fort in the Scottish Highlands featuring two concentric wall rings. The inner wall is substantially thicker than the outer one and encloses a rectangular enclosed space at the top of the hill.
The fort was built during the Iron Age and shows evidence of repeated use across several centuries. Archaeological excavations in the 1970s revealed multiple occupation phases stretching from earliest settlement through medieval times.
The site connects to the Pictish King Bridei mac Maelchon, who made this his royal base during his reign. Today, visitors can trace the marks of this early settlement across the hillside.
The hilltop can be reached via marked forest trails that wind through surrounding woodland. From the summit, wide views extend across the bay and surrounding landscape in all directions.
The inner walls display vitrification, a phenomenon where extreme heat transformed stone into glass-like material. This creates distinctive features that specialists find intriguing when studying the site.
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