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Cnoc Cailliche is a Iron Age fort located 360 metres west-southwest of Upper Wheedlemont in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site comprises a univallate hillfort with a single defensive rampart enclosing the summit of a natural elevation. The fort dates to the Iron Age period and represents a significant example of fortified settlement in the Aberdeenshire uplands, typical of the defended homesteads and communal strongholds that characterised Iron Age settlement patterns in northeast Scotland. The monument is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland national record under the designation HES INSPIRE SM11681.
Cnoc Cailliche, fort 360m WSW of Upper Wheedlemont is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11681. View the official record →
Cnoc Cailliche is a Iron Age fort located 360 metres west-southwest of Upper Wheedlemont in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11681.
Cnoc Cailliche, fort 360m WSW of Upper Wheedlemont dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort 360m wsw of upper wheedlemont. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cnoc Cailliche, fort 360m WSW of Upper Wheedlemont 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 SM11681.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Currach Cottage, hut circles 330m NE of (0.4 km), Auchindoir, St Mary's Church, Mote Hill and Dovecot (1.6 km), Craw Stane, symbol stone and enclosure 575m E of Mains of Rhynie (2.4 km).
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