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Caisteal Mac Tuathal is a fort situated 1200 metres north-north-west of Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument occupies ground underlain by Southern Highland Group bedrock, a formation of psammite and pelite rocks laid down during the Middle Cambrian period. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and scheduled under reference SM9156.
The fort dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of prehistoric fortification in the Tay valley landscape. Such structures were typically constructed to command strategic positions and provide defensive refuge for communities and their livestock. The particular geology of the site—composed of hard metamorphic sandstone and mudstone—would have influenced both the fort's construction and its defensive properties.
The monument survives within the wider context of Perthshire's archaeological heritage, where Iron Age forts are distributed across the varied terrain of the Highlands and Lowlands. Its location relative to Taymouth Castle places it within an area of long-standing settlement and fortification, reflecting the enduring strategic importance of the Tay valley from prehistoric times through the medieval period and beyond.
Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9156. View the official record →
Caisteal Mac Tuathal is a fort situated 1200 metres north-north-west of Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9156.
Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 1200m nnw of taymouth castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle 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 SM9156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newhall Bridge,two standing stones 400m SE of (1.7 km), Croftmoraig, burial mound 300m NNW of (1.8 km), Croftmoraig,stone circle (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Caisteal Mac Tuathal, fort 1200m NNW of Taymouth Castle stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.