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Castlehill Point Fort is an Iron Age fortification located at West Barcloy in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. The site occupies a prominent defensive position and represents the settlement patterns and defensive strategies characteristic of Iron Age communities in south-west Scotland, a region rich in prehistoric and protohistoric occupation. The fort's physical remains reflect the construction methods and spatial organisation typical of Iron Age hillforts and coastal fortifications, though the precise chronology and sequence of occupation require archaeological investigation to establish definitively. Such fortified sites were integral to the social, economic, and defensive organisation of Iron Age societies in this region of Scotland.
Castlehill Point,fort,West Barcloy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1062. View the official record →
Castlehill Point Fort is an Iron Age fortification located at West Barcloy in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1062.
Castlehill Point,fort,West Barcloy dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort,west barcloy. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castlehill Point,fort,West Barcloy 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 SM1062.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mote of Mark,fort,Rockcliffe (1.8 km), Heston Island,manor house (2.6 km), Nethertown Cottages, fort 450m ESE of (3.1 km).
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