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Craigie Hill is a Iron Age fort situated in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. The site occupies a defensible hilltop position characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in central Scotland. The fort comprises earthwork fortifications that reflect the constructional methods and defensive strategies typical of the Iron Age period in this region. Such hillforts served as centres of local power and control during the Iron Age, functioning as both residential and defensive strongholds for the communities that occupied them.
Craigie Hill,fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1900. View the official record →
Craigie Hill is a Iron Age fort situated in Linlithgowshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1900.
Craigie Hill,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.
Craigie Hill,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 SM1900.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gogar Mains,fort,palisaded enclosure and field system 850m SSE of (3.5 km), Easter Norton,standing stone 280m WSW of (3.8 km), Union Canal, Fountainbridge to River Almond (5.9 km).
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