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Castle Hill Strip fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site consists of a linear defensive structure characterised by a strip of fortification rather than a full enclosure, a form typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in central Scotland. The fort's ramparts and associated earthworks reflect the defensive priorities of Iron Age communities in the region, dating to the pre-Roman or Roman Iron Age period. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement and territorial organisation in the Clyde Valley landscape.
Castle Hill Strip,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2635. View the official record →
Castle Hill Strip fort is an Iron Age fortification located in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2635.
Castle Hill Strip,fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castle Hill Strip,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 SM2635.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Netherton,cairn 800m SW of (7.6 km), Craighead, barrow and cairn 820m NW of (8 km), Craighead, platform settlement 1200m WNW of (8.1 km).
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