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Borenich Dun is an Iron Age fortified settlement located approximately 600 metres north-north-east of Borenich in Perthshire, Scotland. The site consists of a dun, a type of small stone-built fort characteristic of Iron Age settlement in Scotland, which would have served as a defended residence for a person of elevated status within the local community. The monument reflects the settlement patterns and defensive architecture typical of the Iron Age period in central Scotland, when such structures provided both domestic accommodation and protection for inhabitants and their moveable wealth. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM2486.
Borenich, dun 600m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2486. View the official record →
Borenich Dun is an Iron Age fortified settlement located approximately 600 metres north-north-east of Borenich in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2486.
Borenich, dun 600m NNE of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a dun. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Borenich, dun 600m NNE 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 SM2486.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glassie, standing stone 960m NW of (9.1 km), Middleton of Derculich, chambered cairn 70m SE of (9.4 km), Edradynate Castle, earthwork 120m E of Milton of Cluny (9.4 km).
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