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Cnoc a'Chlochair is a Iron Age fort and field system located in Bute, Scotland. The site comprises a fortified settlement with associated agricultural land divisions, reflecting the settlement patterns and subsistence economy of Iron Age communities in the Hebridean region. The fort itself represents a defended domestic and possibly administrative centre, typical of Iron Age settlement hierarchies in Scotland during the first millennium BCE. The presence of field systems indicates organized pastoral or arable agriculture contemporary with the fort's occupation, demonstrating the integrated relationship between fortified settlement and surrounding productive landscape during this period.
Cnoc a'Chlochair,fort and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4528. View the official record →
Cnoc a'Chlochair is a Iron Age fort and field system located in Bute, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4528.
Cnoc a'Chlochair,fort and field system dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort and field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cnoc a'Chlochair,fort and field system 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 SM4528.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bridge Farm, hut circles and cultivation remains 350m E of (4.5 km), Moss Farm, Machrie Moor, stone circles, cairns, hut-circles and fields (5.8 km), Machrie Moor, hut circle 540m SE of Crochandoon (6.7 km).
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