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Camp Wood Fort is an Iron Age fort located in Midlothian, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The fort sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, a formation of sedimentary rocks laid down during the Westphalian period. This geological foundation provided a stable base for the fort's construction during the Iron Age, when such hillforts and defended settlements were characteristic features of the Scottish landscape.
The fort's position on Midlothian terrain reflects the Iron Age practice of selecting elevated or naturally defensive locations for settlement. The Clackmannan Group rocks beneath the site are typical of the Carboniferous geology found across central Scotland, formed through successive cycles of sedimentary deposition. The fort would have served both defensive and administrative functions for the Iron Age community that inhabited the region.
Today, Camp Wood Fort remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns in Midlothian. Its protection under scheduled monument legislation ensures the preservation of its physical remains and any artefactual evidence within the site, contributing to our understanding of Iron Age communities in Scotland and their relationship with the landscape they inhabited.
Camp Wood,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1164. View the official record →
Camp Wood Fort is an Iron Age fort located in Midlothian, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1164.
Camp Wood,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Camp Wood,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 SM1164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newbyres Castle (2.8 km), Play Hill, settlement (3.1 km), Crichton Castle (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camp Wood,fort'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.
Camp Wood,fort stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.