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Dowan's Hill Dun at Dunree is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Ayrshire, Scotland. The site comprises a dun, a characteristic Scottish prehistoric defensive structure of circular or oval form built with stone walls, typical of the Iron Age period in northern Britain. Such duns served as strongholds for local communities and are distributed across Scotland's landscape as evidence of settlement patterns and social organisation during the Iron Age. The monument is recorded within the Historic Environment Record of Historic Environment Scotland under the reference SM2886.
Dowan's Hill,dun,Dunree is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2886. View the official record →
Dowan's Hill Dun at Dunree is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2886.
Dowan's Hill,dun,Dunree dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a dun,dunree. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dowan's Hill,dun,Dunree 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 SM2886.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mote Knowe,dun,Monkwood (1.8 km), Craigmuir Mote,dun (3.8 km), Lyonston,standing stone 250m ESE of (4.3 km).
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