In response to the emails regarding the term HILLFORT, Phil is aware of some of the discussion that we have been having within RCAHMS, but for information:
The term HILLFORT has not been applied by the Commission (and many others) for sites in Scotland - traditionally FORT has always been used.
However, since 1999 we have been developing a draft Scottish Thesaurus of Monument Types, which we hope will be compatible with the Monuments Thesaurus in use in England. The term 'Fort' is one that has provided us with many headaches, and our current solution is to separate 'fort' into three classifications:
FORT (DEFENSIVE) - this sits in the DEFENCE class
FORT (SETTLEMENT) - this sits in the DOMESTIC class
FORT (ENCLOSURE) - this sits in the MONUMENT BY FORM class
This is for the first draft of the thesaurus - we anticipate that these will change and the second and third examples may be removed altogether in the future, in favour of terms that are a better reflection of the archaeology.
Classification and thesauri are a means to an end.
Rebecca
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