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Danes Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located in Camp Wood, Fife, Scotland. The site is defined by defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in eastern Scotland, featuring a fortified enclosure that would have served both defensive and administrative functions during the pre-Roman Iron Age period. The monument's position within Camp Wood reflects strategic placement typical of such hillforts, which dominated the landscape and controlled territories in the late prehistoric period. As a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland protection (INSPIRE reference SM806), Danes Camp represents an important example of Iron Age fortification in Fife and contributes to understanding settlement hierarchies and defensive strategies in eastern Scotland during the final centuries before Roman contact.
Danes Camp,fort,Camp Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM806. View the official record →
Danes Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located in Camp Wood, Fife, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM806.
Danes Camp,fort,Camp Wood dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a fort,camp wood. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Danes Camp,fort,Camp Wood 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 SM806.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wester Kinnear, bank barrow and ring ditch 325m W of (2.9 km), Southfield, unenclosed settlement W of (3.8 km), Southfield, cropmarks E and SE of (4.6 km).
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