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Corsehope Rings is an Iron Age fort located in Midlothian, Scotland. The site comprises a series of concentric defensive earthworks characteristic of hillforts constructed during the Iron Age period in southern Scotland. The monument's multiple rings of banks and ditches reflect the defensive strategies employed by Iron Age communities in this region, though the precise dating and chronology of its construction and use remain subjects of archaeological investigation. Like many similar fortified settlements in the Lothian area, Corsehope Rings represents an important element of the Iron Age settlement hierarchy in southeast Scotland.
Corsehope Rings,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1166. View the official record →
Corsehope Rings is an Iron Age fort located in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1166.
Corsehope Rings,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.
Corsehope Rings,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 SM1166.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Halltree Rings, settlement, Chapel Hill (0.8 km), Scooped settlement, 780m ESE of the summit of Carcant Hill (1.5 km), Hodge Cairn,fort,Shank Wood (2.7 km).
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