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An Cnap is a vitrified fort located approximately 250 metres north of Woodside Cottage on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. The monument dates to the Iron Age and belongs to a distinctive class of Scottish fortifications characterised by stone walls that have been subjected to intense heat, fusing the material into a glassy, vitrified mass. Vitrified forts remain archaeologically significant for understanding Iron Age defensive structures and settlement hierarchies in Scotland, though debate continues among scholars concerning the precise purposes of the vitrification process, whether accidental or deliberately engineered. The site is recorded in the national heritage database under reference HES INSPIRE SM5535.
An Cnap,vitrified fort 250m N of Woodside Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5535. View the official record →
An Cnap is a vitrified fort located approximately 250 metres north of Woodside Cottage on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5535.
An Cnap,vitrified fort 250m N of Woodside Cottage dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a vitrified fort 250m n of woodside cottage. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
An Cnap,vitrified fort 250m N of Woodside Cottage is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Sannox, cairn 420m E of (0.6 km), Sannox,chambered cairn (1.2 km), North Glensannox,deserted settlement 900m W of North Sannox (1.6 km).
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