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Creagan an Tuirc is a Iron Age fort in Inverness-shire, Scotland. The fort occupies a location where bedrock of the Moine Supergroup lies beneath the surface, consisting of gneissose psammite and semipelite dating to the Neoproterozoic period. This ancient metamorphic foundation would have presented substantial challenges and opportunities to those constructing and defending the fort in the centuries before the Roman period.
The site sits within the Highlands landscape that shaped Iron Age settlement patterns across northern Scotland. Forts of this period typically served as defended settlements, territorial markers or refuges for local communities, combining domestic and defensive functions within their ramparts.
Creagan an Tuirc is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM11493, recognising its significance as evidence of Iron Age occupation and social organisation in the region. The fort contributes to understanding of Highland settlement hierarchies and the defensive architecture employed by communities during this crucial period of Scottish prehistory.
Creagan an Tuirc, fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11493. View the official record →
Creagan an Tuirc is a Iron Age fort in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11493.
Creagan an Tuirc, fort dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Creagan an Tuirc, 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 SM11493.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brin Nursery, barrow cemetery 70m NNW of (0.4 km), Shenval, settlement (1.3 km), Glen Nairn, hut circle 270m ENE of (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Creagan an Tuirc, fort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Creagan an Tuirc, fort stands on Moine Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is gneissose psammite and gneissose semipelite.