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Bellshiel Fort, located 540 metres north of Bellshiel in Berwickshire, is an Iron Age fortified settlement positioned on a hillside overlooking the surrounding landscape. The fort comprises a series of concentric defensive earthworks, typical of Scottish Iron Age hillforts of the period, which would have served both as a place of refuge and as a centre of settlement for a local community. Its construction and use date to the Iron Age, a period when such hillforts were widespread across southern Scotland as expressions of social organisation and territorial control. The site's physical remains, preserved in the topography of the area, continue to provide evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Borders region.
Bellshiel, fort 540m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12536. View the official record →
Bellshiel Fort, located 540 metres north of Bellshiel in Berwickshire, is an Iron Age fortified settlement positioned on a hillside overlooking the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12536.
Bellshiel, fort 540m N of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bellshiel, fort 540m N of 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 SM12536.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunsmill Farm, settlement 125m NNE of (4.1 km), Cairnbank, settlement 210m ENE of (4.5 km), Belchester,fort 200m W of (6.9 km).
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