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Arbory Hill Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site comprises a hillfort with defensive earthwork structures typical of the Iron Age period, when such elevated, enclosed sites served as centres of settlement and power across Scotland. The fort's physical remains include substantial ramparts and ditches that once enclosed the hilltop, demonstrating the considerable labour investment required to construct such fortifications. As a monument of the Iron Age, Arbory Hill Fort provides archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and defensive strategies employed by communities in central Scotland during the pre-Roman and early Roman contact periods.
Arbory Hill,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM264. View the official record →
Arbory Hill Fort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM264.
Arbory Hill,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Arbory Hill,fort 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 SM264.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Shortcleugh,platform settlement 1500m E of (6.3 km), Glengeith, settlement, bastle house and field system (7 km), Bodsberry Hill,fort (7.2 km).
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