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Bridgend Fort and Cist is a Bronze Age fortified settlement located approximately 100 metres south-east of Bridgend Hotel on the island of Islay in Argyllshire, Scotland. The site comprises a fort and associated burial cist dating to the Bronze Age period. The fort represents a significant example of prehistoric defensive architecture on the Hebridean islands, indicating sustained occupation and social organisation during the Bronze Age. The cist burial feature reflects contemporary funerary practices and suggests the site held importance both as a settlement and ritual landscape during this period of Scottish prehistory.
Bridgend,fort and cist,100m SE of Bridgend Hotel,Islay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5598. View the official record →
Bridgend Fort and Cist is a Bronze Age fortified settlement located approximately 100 metres south-east of Bridgend Hotel on the island of Islay in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5598.
Bridgend,fort and cist,100m SE of Bridgend Hotel,Islay dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a fort and cist,100m se of bridgend hotel,islay. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bridgend,fort and cist,100m SE of Bridgend Hotel,Islay 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 SM5598.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Islay House, cross shaft 340m SSE of (0.3 km), Bridgend,Killarow old parish church and burial ground 200m N of (0.4 km), Newton House,barrows and enclosures NW of,Islay (0.7 km).
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