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Carr's Hill fort is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The site comprises the remains of a hill fort, a common form of defensive settlement constructed during the Iron Age in Scotland. The fort's defensive characteristics, including its physical positioning and structural elements, reflect the strategic concerns of its period. The monument is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM1731, ensuring its protection as a scheduled ancient monument of archaeological significance.
Carr's Hill fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1731. View the official record →
Carr's Hill fort is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1731.
Carr's Hill 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 SM1731.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 80m WSW of Seabegs Place (6 km), Antonine Wall, Milnquarter, Roman temporary camp 240m SE of (6.2 km), Antonine Wall, Seabegs Wood, rampart, ditch and Military Way (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Carr's Hill 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.
Carr's Hill fort stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.